Illinois · How do I start a business? · state model checked by Claude · quality 1.00
Generated by lexflow from the state statutes (open-us-law, government publisher text) and checked by Claude: every quoted phrase was matched word for word against the statute text, and the process passed the BPMN/DMN schemas, bpmnlint and a Petri-net soundness check. Information, not legal advice.
Governing law: 805 ILCS 180/5-1 — Section 5-1
Decision table (DMN), hit policy FIRST.
| No organizer is a natural person under 18 (for a medical LLC, each organizer is an Illinois physician or attorney) | Company name (meeting § 1-10) and principal place of business stated | Purposes for which the company is organized stated | Registered agent and registered office stated | Confirmation that the company has one or more members | Name and business address of all managers (and members with a manager's authority) stated | Name and address of each organizer stated | All fees and charges tendered | → Articles conform and may be filed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| false | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | false | § 5-1(a) |
| - | false | - | - | - | - | - | - | false | § 5-5(a)(1) |
| - | - | false | - | - | - | - | - | false | § 5-5(a)(2) |
| - | - | - | false | - | - | - | - | false | § 5-5(a)(3) |
| - | - | - | - | false | - | - | - | false | § 5-5(a)(4) |
| - | - | - | - | - | false | - | - | false | § 5-5(a)(5) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | false | - | false | § 5-5(a)(7) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | false | false | § 5-55(a)(2) |
| true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | § 5-55(a)(3) |
Decision table (DMN), hit policy FIRST.
| Organized for a nonprofit or charitable purpose | Owners render a licensed professional service | Number of owners | Owners want protection from the business's debts | Plans to sell shares to outside investors | Some co-owners will be passive investors only | → Business structure | → What is filed, and where | → State filing fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| true | - | - | - | - | - | Not-for-profit corporation (General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986) | Articles of incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State | $50 for filing articles of incorporation (805 ILCS 105/115.10(a)) | § 102.05 |
| false | true | - | true | - | - | Professional corporation (Professional Service Corporation Act, 805 ILCS 10) or professional limited liability company (Professional Limited Liability Company Act, 805 ILCS 185; an LLC providing a professional service licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must be formed under that Act, 805 ILCS 180/1-25(d)); each organizer of a professional corporation must be licensed in Illinois to perform the same professional service or related professional services (805 ILCS 10/6) | Articles of incorporation (professional corporation) or articles of organization (professional LLC, 805 ILCS 185/11), filed with the Secretary of State on the Secretary's forms and stating the specific profession; before opening an establishment, a professional corporation needs a certificate of registration from the regulating authority (805 ILCS 10/12(a)) and a professional LLC needs a certificate of registration from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (805 ILCS 185/15(b)) | Professional corporation: $150 for articles of incorporation (805 ILCS 5/15.10(a)) plus initial franchise tax under the Business Corporation Act, and a $50 certificate of registration (805 ILCS 10/12(a)); professional LLC: $150 (805 ILCS 180/50-10(b)(1)) + $50 certificate of registration (805 ILCS 185/15(c)) | § 6 |
| false | - | - | true | true | - | Business corporation (Business Corporation Act of 1983) | Articles of incorporation, executed and filed in duplicate with the Secretary of State (805 ILCS 5/2.10) | $150 for filing articles of incorporation (805 ILCS 5/15.10(a)), plus initial franchise tax under the Business Corporation Act (not printed here) | § 2.05(a) |
| false | - | >= 2 | true | - | true | Limited partnership (limited partners are shielded; all general partners are liable jointly and severally for the partnership's obligations, 805 ILCS 215/404(a), except for obligations incurred while it is a limited liability limited partnership, 805 ILCS 215/404(c); the certificate must state whether it is one, 805 ILCS 215/201(a)(4)) | Certificate of limited partnership, delivered to the Secretary of State for filing | $150 (805 ILCS 215/1302(b)(1)) | § 201(a) |
| false | - | - | true | - | - | Limited liability company (with 2 or more owners, an alternative shield is a general partnership registered as a limited liability partnership by filing a statement of qualification, 805 ILCS 206/1001(a), (c)) | Articles of organization, executed and delivered to the Secretary of State | $150; $400 for a company with series (805 ILCS 180/50-10(b)(1)) | § 5-1(a) |
| false | - | 1 | false | - | - | Sole proprietorship | No formation filing; before trading under any name other than the owner's real name, file an assumed name certificate with the County Clerk of each county where the business is conducted, publish notice of the filing once a week for 3 consecutive weeks (first within 15 days), and file proof of publication with the County Clerk within 50 days, or the registration is void (805 ILCS 405/1) | None to form; the County Clerk's filing fee and the newspaper's publication charge for an assumed name are not set in 805 ILCS 405/1 | § 1 |
| false | - | >= 2 | false | - | - | General partnership | No formation filing: 2 or more co-owners carrying on a business for profit form a partnership. A partnership trading under a name that does not include its partners' real names must file an assumed name certificate with the County Clerk and publish notice (805 ILCS 405/1, 405/4). Optionally, after approval by the vote needed to amend the partnership agreement, the partnership may file a statement of qualification with the Secretary of State to become a limited liability partnership; the status remains effective for one year after filing (805 ILCS 206/1001(b), (c), (e)) | None to form; County Clerk fee and publication charge for an assumed name; the 'required fee' for an LLP statement of qualification (805 ILCS 206/1001(e)) is set outside the sections printed here | § 202(a) |