RCW 25.15.006
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Agreed value" means the value of the contributions made by a member to the limited liability company. Such value shall equal the amount agreed upon in a limited liability company agreement or, if no value is agreed upon, the value shall be determined based on the records of the limited liability company.
(2) "Certificate of formation" means the certificate of formation required by RCW 25.15.071 and such certificate as amended or restated.
(3) "Distribution" means a transfer of money or other property from a limited liability company to a member in the member's capacity as a member or to a transferee on account of a transferable interest owned by the transferee.
(4) "Execute," "executes," or "executed" means with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(a) To sign or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(b) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.
(5) "Foreign limited liability company" means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state and denominated by that law as a limited liability company.
(6) "Foreign professional limited liability company" means a foreign limited liability company formed for the purpose of rendering professional services.
(7) "Limited liability company" or "domestic limited liability company" means a limited liability company having one or more members or transferees that is formed under this chapter.
(8) "Limited liability company agreement" means the agreement, including the agreement as amended or restated, whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination, of the member or members of a limited liability company concerning the affairs of the limited liability company and the conduct of its business.
(9) "Manager" means a person, or a board, committee, or other group of persons, named as a manager of a limited liability company in, or designated as a manager of a limited liability company pursuant to, a limited liability company agreement.
(10) "Manager-managed" means, with respect to a limited liability company, that the limited liability company agreement vests management of the limited liability company in one or more managers.
(11) "Member" means a person who has been admitted to a limited liability company as a member as provided in RCW 25.15.116 and who has not been dissociated from the limited liability company.
(12) "Member-managed" means, with respect to a limited liability company, that the limited liability company is not manager-managed.
(13) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.
(14) "Principal office" means the office, in or out of this state, so designated in the annual report, where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign limited liability company are located.
(15) "Professional limited liability company" means a limited liability company that is formed in accordance with RCW 25.15.046 for the purpose of rendering professional service.
(16) "Professional service" means the same as defined under RCW 18.100.030.
(17) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(18) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(19) "Tangible medium" means a writing, copy of a writing, facsimile, or a physical reproduction, each on paper or on other tangible material.
(20) "Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, gift, and transfer by operation of law, except as otherwise provided in RCW 25.15.251(6).
(21) "Transferable interest" means a member's or transferee's right to receive distributions of the limited liability company's assets.
(22) "Transferee" means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a member.
(23) "Withdraw" or "withdrawal" means, with respect to a member of a limited liability company or a holder of a transferable interest in a limited liability company, that the member or holder of the transferable interest provides written notice to the limited liability company of its intent to surrender all of its transferable interest and rights as a member to the limited liability company. A withdrawal is effective as of the later of the date the limited liability company receives the written notice of withdrawal or the date specified in such notice.
[ 2022 c 42 § 301; 2020 c 57 § 82; 2015 c 188 § 1.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 25.15 - Limited Liability Companies.
25.15.011 - Name of limited liability company.
25.15.018 - Effect of limited liability company agreement—Nonwaivable provisions.
25.15.026 - Service of process, notice, or demand.
25.15.031 - Purpose and powers.
25.15.033 - Law of this state governs.
25.15.036 - Business transactions of member or manager with the limited liability company.
25.15.038 - General standards—Limitation of liability.
25.15.046 - Professional limited liability companies.
25.15.048 - Professional limited liability company—Licensing.
25.15.051 - Foreign professional limited liability company.
25.15.054 - Membership residency.
25.15.061 - Piercing the veil.
25.15.071 - Formation—Certificate of formation.
25.15.076 - Amendment to certificate of formation.
25.15.081 - Restated certificate.
25.15.091 - Execution or amendment by judicial order.
25.15.096 - Duty of secretary of state to file—Review of refusal to file.
25.15.106 - Initial and annual reports.
25.15.116 - Admission of members.
25.15.121 - Voting and classes of membership.
25.15.126 - Liability of members and managers to third parties.
25.15.131 - Member dissociation.
25.15.136 - Records and information.
25.15.141 - Remedies for breach of limited liability company agreement by member.
25.15.151 - Member-managed limited liability companies.
25.15.154 - Manager-managed limited liability companies.
25.15.157 - Delegation of rights and powers to manage.
25.15.161 - Manager—Member's rights and duties.
25.15.166 - Voting and classes of managers.
25.15.171 - Remedies for breach of limited liability company agreement by manager.
25.15.176 - Resignation of manager.
25.15.181 - Loss of sole remaining manager.
25.15.191 - Form of contribution.
25.15.196 - Liability for contribution.
25.15.206 - Allocation of distributions.
25.15.211 - Interim distributions.
25.15.216 - Distribution following dissociation.
25.15.221 - Distribution in-kind.
25.15.226 - Right to distribution.
25.15.231 - Limitations on distribution.
25.15.236 - Liability for improper distributions.
25.15.246 - Nature of limited liability company interest—Certificate of interest.
25.15.251 - Transfer of transferable interest.
25.15.256 - Rights of judgment creditor.
25.15.269 - After dissolution under RCW 25.15.265.
25.15.274 - Judicial dissolution.
25.15.279 - Administrative dissolution—Commencement of proceeding.
25.15.289 - Administrative dissolution—Reinstatement.
25.15.294 - Voluntary dissolution—Revocation of dissolution—When effective—Effect.
25.15.301 - Disposition of known claims—Definition.
25.15.305 - Distribution of assets.
25.15.309 - Remedies available after distribution.
25.15.321 - Registration required.
25.15.331 - Name—Registered agent.
25.15.336 - Amendments to application.
25.15.341 - Withdrawal of registration.
25.15.346 - Doing business without registration.
25.15.351 - Enjoinder from doing business in this state.
25.15.356 - Activities not constituting transacting business.
25.15.361 - Service of process on registered foreign limited liability companies.
25.15.367 - Service of process on unregistered foreign limited liability companies.
25.15.371 - Termination of registration.
25.15.386 - Right to bring action.
25.15.421 - Merger—Plan—Approval.
25.15.426 - Articles of merger—Filing—Effective date.
25.15.441 - Action on plan of conversion by converting limited liability company.
25.15.446 - Filing required for conversion—Effective date.
25.15.451 - Effect of conversion.
25.15.456 - Restrictions on approval of conversions.
25.15.471 - Member—Dissent—Payment of fair value.
25.15.476 - Dissenters' rights—Notice—Timing.
25.15.481 - Member—Dissent—Voting restriction.
25.15.486 - Members—Dissenters' notice—Requirement.
25.15.491 - Member—Payment demand—Entitlement.
25.15.496 - Members' interests—Transfer restriction.
25.15.501 - Payment of fair value—Requirements for compliance.
25.15.506 - Merger—Not effective within sixty days—Transfer restrictions.
25.15.511 - Dissenter's estimate of fair value—Notice.
25.15.516 - Unsettled demand for payment—Proceeding—Parties—Appraisers.
25.15.521 - Unsettled demand for payment—Costs—Fees and expenses of counsel.
25.15.801 - Construction and application of chapter and limited liability company agreement.
25.15.806 - Applicable fees, charges, and penalties.
25.15.811 - Authority to adopt rules.