Free Blank Texas LLC Operating Agreement (2026)
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Texas rules that this document follows
| LLC statute | Texas Business Organizations Code, Title 3 (Limited Liability Companies)Source: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 101.001 et seq. |
|---|---|
| Formation document / filing office | Certificate of Formation — Texas Secretary of State (the statute calls this document a "company agreement") |
| Operating agreement required? | Not required by statute, but strongly recommended (may be oral; written is far safer)Source: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 101.001(1), 101.052 (company agreement may be written or oral) |
| Formation fee | $300.00 |
| Annual report | $0.00 — Public Information Report with franchise tax report due May 15 (no fee; no tax if revenue ≤ $2.65 million for 2026 reports)Source: Tex. Tax Code §§ 171.203, 171.002 |
| State LLC / franchise tax | Franchise (margin) tax 0.375% (retail/wholesale) or 0.75% on margin; no tax due if annual revenue ≤ $2,650,000 (2026 report year) but PIR still required (Tex. Tax Code ch. 171) |
| Community property | Yes — a married Member's spouse may own half of the interest; the Spousal Consent page is generated for married Members |
| Duty-of-loyalty waiver | May be limited only if not manifestly unreasonable; competing activities require disclosureSource: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 101.354 (each member/manager has equal vote), 101.201 (distributions per agreed value of contributions), 101.112 (charging order exclusive remedy incl. single-member) |
| Charging order exclusive remedy (SMLLC) | yesSource: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 101.354 (each member/manager has equal vote), 101.201 (distributions per agreed value of contributions), 101.112 (charging order exclusive remedy incl. single-member) |
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