The company changes. The record has to follow.
Businesses move, rename, restructure, take on members and outgrow the entity they started with. Every one of those is a filing, and the state decides what it is called, what has to be attached, and whether the old entity survives. These hubs cover the change; the state page carries the form.
Pick the change you are making.
Each hub explains what the change is, when the state requires it, and how the mechanics differ between jurisdictions. Then it hands you to your state.
Amendment
Filing an amendment, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesConvert Corp to LLC
Corporation to LLC, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesConvert LLC to Corporation
Converting an LLC to a corporation, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesDBA filing
The DBA filing, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesDBA filing
Filing a DBA, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesForeign qualification
Foreign qualification, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesLLC Domestication
LLC domestication, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesLLC membership transfer
Transferring LLC membership, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesLLC name search
The LLC name search, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesMove your LLC to Delaware
Moving an LLC to Delaware, state by state
Open the hub → 51 statesSole prop to LLC
Sole proprietorship to LLC, state by state
Open the hub →Or start from your state.
Every jurisdiction has a single page that gathers the filings a business does there, across all of these sections. If you know where you are before you know what you need, start here.
The rest of the by-state library.
Form a business
Forming a business, state by state
Open the section → SectionIndustry LLCs
Industry LLC guides, state by state
Open the section → SectionCompare and choose
Entity comparisons, state by state
Open the section → SectionWhat it costs
Business filing costs, state by state
Open the section → SectionRegistered agent and address
Registered agent and address, state by state
Open the section → SectionTax and registrations
Business tax registration, state by state
Open the section → SectionLicenses and permits
Licenses and permits, state by state
Open the section → SectionCompliance and annual filings
Compliance filings, state by state
Open the section → SectionClose or revive
Closing and reviving a business, state by state
Open the section → SectionMoney and operations
Banking, credit and hiring, state by state
Open the section → SectionSecretary of State directory
Secretary of State directory, all 51 jurisdictions
Open the section →Related reading and tools.
Guides that sit next to this one, each written to stand on its own.