New York does not require member or manager names in its own public LLC filing. New York's own Articles of Organization already keep member and manager names off the public record; a Wyoming parent here is almost entirely about asset protection, given § 607's non-exclusive charging order and the 2024 turnover precedent against single-member LLCs specifically. See our Wyoming holding company guide and full list of anonymous LLC states for more.
$200
Articles of Organization filing fee
No names
Members and managers not listed publicly
2024 case
245 Park Member LLC lets creditors seize SMLLC interest
6 weeks
Newspaper publication requirement (separate from disclosure)
New York surprises people: despite being one of the costlier states to run an LLC, it keeps member and manager names off the public record by default. The Articles of Organization (Form DOS-1336, $200) ask only for the LLC name, the county of the principal office, and an address for service of process. Even the state's mandatory newspaper publication notice carries no owner name. What New York doesn't provide is asset protection — its charging-order statute is not an exclusive remedy, and a 2024 Second Circuit decision, 245 Park Member LLC v. HNA Group, let a creditor take an entire single-member LLC interest rather than being limited to a charging order. That combination is exactly why a Wyoming holding LLC is so often layered above a New York operating entity: New York's own filing already hides the name, so the Wyoming parent is there to supply the asset protection New York's statute doesn't.
New York's Articles of Organization (Form DOS-1336) ask for the LLC name, the county where its office is located, and an address the Department of State can use for service of process — no member or manager name is required, and New York doesn't even ask you to declare member-managed or manager-managed status on the form. This is a genuinely clean filing. It's easy to conflate with New York's separate, better-known publication requirement under LLC Law § 206: every new domestic LLC must publish formation notice in two county-designated newspapers for six consecutive weeks and then file a Certificate of Publication. That notice carries only what's on the Articles — no owner name — so it doesn't undo New York's name privacy, but it does put the entity's existence on public display and adds real cost and timing that a name search alone won't reveal.
Because New York's Articles of Organization never ask for a member or manager name, a Wyoming holding LLC above a New York entity doesn't fix a disclosure problem — New York already keeps that field off the public filing, and even the mandatory newspaper publication notice carries no owner name. Where a Wyoming parent earns its keep in New York is asset protection: New York's charging-order statute (N.Y. LLC Law § 607) is not an exclusive remedy, and in 245 Park Member LLC v. HNA Group (2d Cir. 2024), the Second Circuit affirmed an order forcing a debtor to turn over an entire 100% single-member LLC interest to a creditor — not merely a charging order limiting the creditor to distributions. That makes New York one of the weakest states in the country for single-member LLC creditor protection, and it's why owners who want New York's genuine name-privacy but real asset protection typically place a Wyoming holding LLC as the member of the New York entity, or use a genuinely multi-member structure instead of a single-member New York LLC.
New York's clean filing doesn't change federal law: beneficial owners of the New York LLC — and of any Wyoming holding LLC above it — must still be reported to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act. Separately, New York's own LLC Transparency Act took effect January 1, 2026, but following the Governor's December 2025 veto it applies only to foreign-formed (non-U.S.) LLCs registered to do business in New York, and even that database is confidential, restricted to law enforcement rather than open to public search — it does not touch domestic LLCs like the ones this page discusses.
N.Y. LLC Law § 607 (weakened for single-member LLCs by 245 Park Member LLC v. HNA Group, No. 22-1046 (2d Cir. Apr. 8, 2024)) — not an exclusive remedy; a 2024 federal appellate decision let a creditor take an entire single-member LLC interest, not just a charging order. N.Y. LLC Law § 607 lets a judgment creditor charge a member's interest, limiting them to an assignee's rights — distributions only, no control — but the statute does not make that the creditor's exclusive remedy. In 245 Park Member LLC v. HNA Group, the Second Circuit affirmed an order forcing turnover of a debtor's entire 100% single-member LLC interest, reasoning that a money judgment can reach any assignable property under CPLR § 5225. This is real, recent (2024), binding federal appellate precedent, and it makes New York one of the weakest states in the country for single-member LLC asset protection specifically.
New York has no flat franchise tax on pass-through LLCs, but each LLC owes an annual filing fee based on New York-source gross income ($25 minimum under $100,000, scaling to $4,500 over $25M), paid with the entity's tax return, plus a $9 Biennial Statement to the Department of State every two years. Members also pay New York personal income tax up to 10.9%, plus NYC income tax up to 3.876% if operating in New York City. Certificate of Status requests can't be made online or by phone — only by mail.
Note: New York's LLC Transparency Act and its scope have moved quickly since the Governor's December 2025 veto — confirm the current post-veto rules directly with the NY Department of State before relying on the foreign-LLC-only, non-public characterization above in a high-stakes context. Also confirm the current-year LLC filing fee brackets, since New York adjusts these periodically.
No. New York's Articles of Organization require only the LLC name, the county of the principal office, and an address for service of process. New York does separately require formation notice to run in two newspapers for six consecutive weeks, but that notice carries no member or manager name either.
New York's own filing already keeps member and manager names off the public record. The organizer who signs the Articles of Organization is the one name that becomes public, so a formation service typically fills that role. For real asset protection on top of that privacy, many owners name a Wyoming holding LLC as the member instead of relying on New York's own weaker charging-order statute.
No — this is New York's real weak point. N.Y. LLC Law § 607 is not an exclusive remedy, and in 245 Park Member LLC v. HNA Group (2d Cir. 2024), a federal appeals court affirmed an order forcing a debtor to turn over an entire single-member LLC interest to a creditor, not just a charging order. This makes single-member New York LLCs meaningfully more exposed than in states with exclusive-remedy statutes.
Bottom line: New York's Articles of Organization already keep names private — a Wyoming holding parent here is about asset protection, given a 2024 federal case that let a creditor seize an entire single-member LLC interest under New York's non-exclusive charging-order statute.