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From forming your LLC to putting important agreements in place, DocDraft makes the legal side of starting a business easier to navigate.
Get organized from day one
Understand the formation documents and decisions that matter for your business.
Create documents tailored to you
Prepare agreements and business documents based on your ownership structure, goals, and circumstances.
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Start with the documents you need today and access additional legal help as your business evolves.
Everything you need to get your business off the ground.
New York LLC Formation
Understand the steps and information involved in forming a limited liability company in New York.
Articles of Organization
Get help preparing the information for your New York Articles of Organization and planning for the publication requirement.
LLC Operating Agreements
Document ownership, management responsibilities, decision-making rules, and financial arrangements.
Partnership Agreements
Set clear expectations around contributions, responsibilities, profits, and business decisions.
Business Contracts
Prepare agreements with customers, vendors, contractors, and business partners.
Business Changes & Dissolution
Get help documenting ownership changes, internal decisions, and steps involved in winding down a business.
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Tell us about your business
Describe what you’re building, who is involved, and what you want to accomplish.
Prepare personalized documents
DocDraft helps create relevant business documents tailored to your information.
Take the next step
Review your documents, understand any required government filings, and access attorney assistance when needed.
- Tell me what happened.
- Two of us are starting an LLC in New York.
- Which New York county is this in?
- Kings County
- What would you like this document to do?
- Clear ownership, management duties, and how we make decisions.
- LLC operating agreement outlineFirst draft ready to review
This agreement sets out each member's ownership, management duties, and how the members make decisions.
How to start an LLC in New York
Forming a New York LLC generally involves choosing an available name that includes "Limited Liability Company," "LLC," or "L.L.C.," and filing Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State. The articles designate the Secretary of State as the LLC's agent for service of process; a registered agent is optional.
New York also has a publication requirement. Within 120 days after the articles take effect, each new LLC must publish a notice in two newspapers designated by the county clerk where its office is located, one daily and one weekly, once a week for six weeks, and then file a Certificate of Publication with the Department of State. An LLC that misses this deadline generally has its authority to do business suspended.
The members must also adopt a written operating agreement, which may be entered into before, at the time of, or within 90 days after filing the articles. It is an internal document and is not filed with the Department of State.
You'll also want to consider applicable tax obligations, required licenses, and other documents relevant to your business.
DocDraft helps you organize the information and prepare relevant legal documents as you work through these decisions.
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12. Security deposit. Landlord will refund the deposit, less deductions for damage beyond normal wear and tear1, with an itemized statement of any amount kept, within 14 days after Tenant vacates the premises.
Does carpet wear from two years of normal living count as damage?
18. Default. If rent is late, Landlord may start a nonpayment proceeding only after serving Tenant a written demand giving at least fourteen days' notice2 to pay the rent or surrender the premises.
Can my landlord just text me the rent demand, or must it be served another way?
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