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Organization as a nonprofit LLC.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-101-804
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48-101-804. Organization as a nonprofit LLC. A nonprofit corporation may form a domestic nonprofit LLC that meets the requirements of § 48-101-805, by filing articles of organization with the secretary of state that prominently designate it as a nonprofit LLC and that comply with the Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act, compiled in chapter 249 of this title. A foreign nonprofit LLC may obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state under the Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act and thereby become subject to and governed by this part as a nonprofit LLC, only if the foreign nonprofit LLC meets the requirements of § 48-101-805. Acts 2006, ch. 620, § 5.
Source: Tennessee Code (state release 76 via Public.Resource.Org) + public chapters (Tennessee Secretary of State)URL: https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.48.htmlFetched: 10/24/2026

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