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Security Agreement regarding Member Interests in Limited Liability Company

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Description Limited Liability Company Form

A Limited Liability Company ("LLC") is a separate legal entity that can conduct business just like a corporation with many of the advantages of a partnership. It is taxed as a partnership. Its owners are called members and receive income from the LLC just as a partner would. There is no tax on the LLC entity itself. The members are not personally liable for the debts and obligations of the entity like partners would be. Basically, an LLC combines the tax advantages of a partnership with the limited liability feature of a corporation. Management of an LLC is vested in its members. An operating agreement is executed by the members and operates much the same way a partnership agreement operates. Profits and losses are shared according to the terms of the operating agreement. Most, if not all, major loans involve creating a lien on the property. A lien on real estate would take the form of a mortgage or a deed of trust. A lien on all other property would be covered by a security agreement. In this agreement, the borrower in a loan transaction would give a security interest in personal property in order to secure payment of his loan or credit obligation. Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code deals with secured transactions. A creditor who complies with the requirements of Article 9 can create a security interest that protects him against the debtor's default by allowing the creditor to recover by selling the goods covered by the security interest.
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A security is a negotiable financial interest with monetary value.Because of this, they are considered securities under California law. All ownership interests in a manager-managed LLC are considered securities even if some members actually are involved in the daily management of the business.

Under this definition, a membership interest in an LLC is a security for California law purposes unless all of the members are actively engaged in management. Thus, interests in a manager-managed LLC where not all members are managers are securities under California law.

An LLC interest being pledged as collateral could fall into either category.In most cases, an LLC interest is a general intangible. Once the lender has made that determination, issues of perfection and priority of the security interest can be addressed under the UCC Article 9 perfection rules.

If the membership interests are securities, then you perfect by taking possession or control of the securities or both. If the membership interests are certificated, then you perfect by taking possession of the certificates and by taking control by having the security interest noted in the company's records.

An LLC member can usually assign some or all of their interest in the LLC. If the member assigns their entire membership interest, the person taking the interest, called the assignee, steps into the shoes of the LLC member who is transferring the interest, called the assignor.

Under the law, no member is required to accept a devaluation of his ownership interest without his consent. So the first step in selling an ownership percentage in an LLC is to obtain the consent of all existing members to the sale.

Issuing Membership Interests In order to issue membership interests correctly, the first thing you need to do is create and sign an operating agreement. This agreement should specify the membership interests of your LLC and whether they are expressed as ownership percentages or membership units.

A limited liability company is a hybrid entity.As in a partnership, state laws allow LLC members to govern the business by agreement among the members, including the issue of adding a new member.

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Security Agreement regarding Member Interests in Limited Liability Company