1. Each limited-liability company shall continuously keep at its principal office in this State or with its custodian of records whose name and street address are available at its registered office, unless otherwise provided by an operating agreement, the following:
(a)A current list of the full name and last known business address of each member and manager, separately identifying the members in alphabetical order and the managers, if any, in alphabetical order;
(b)A copy of the filed articles of organization and all amendments thereto, together with signed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any record has been signed; and
(c)Copies of any then effective operating agreement of the company.
2. Each member of a limited-liability company is entitled to obtain from the comp
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1. Each limited-liability company shall continuously keep at its principal office in this State or with its custodian of records whose name and street address are available at its registered office, unless otherwise provided by an operating agreement, the following:
(a) A current list of the full name and last known business address of each member and manager, separately identifying the members in alphabetical order and the managers, if any, in alphabetical order;
(b) A copy of the filed articles of organization and all amendments thereto, together with signed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any record has been signed; and
(c) Copies of any then effective operating agreement of the company.
2. Each member of a limited-liability company is entitled to obtain from the company, from time to time upon reasonable demand, for any purpose reasonably related to the interest of the member as a member of the company:
(a) The records required to be maintained pursuant to subsection 1;
(b) True and, in light of the member’s stated purpose, complete records regarding the activities and the status of the business and financial condition of the company;
(c) Promptly after becoming available, a copy of the company’s federal, state and local income tax returns for each year;
(d) True and complete records regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of any other property or services contributed by each member and which each member has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each became a member; and
(e) Other records regarding the affairs of the company as is just and reasonable under the circumstances and in light of the member’s stated purpose for demanding such records.
Ê The right to obtain records under this subsection includes, if reasonable, the right to make copies or abstracts by photographic, xerographic, electronic or other means.
3. Each manager of a limited-liability company managed by a manager or managers is entitled to examine from time to time upon reasonable demand, for a purpose reasonably related to the manager’s rights, powers and duties as such, the records described in subsection 2.
4. Any demand by a member or manager under subsection 2 or 3 is subject to such reasonable standards regarding at what time and location and at whose expense records are to be furnished as may be set forth in the articles of organization or in an operating agreement adopted or amended as provided in subsection 8, or, if no such standards are set forth in the articles of organization or operating agreement, the records must be provided or made available for examination, as the case may be, during ordinary business hours, at the expense of the demanding member or manager.
5. If the records subject to a demand pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 are not available to obtain or made available for examination, as applicable, at a location within this State upon a reasonable demand made pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, the manager or member may serve a demand upon the limited-liability company’s registered agent that the records to be obtained or examined be sent to the demanding manager or member. Upon such a demand, the limited-liability company shall send copies of the requested records described in subsection 2 either in paper or electronic form to the manager or member within 10 business days after the demand is served upon the registered agent.
6. Any demand by a member or manager under this section must be in writing and must state the purpose of such demand. When a demanding member seeks to obtain or a manager seeks to examine the records described in subsection 2, the demanding member or manager must first establish that:
(a) The demanding member or manager has complied with the provisions of this section respecting the form and manner of making a demand for obtaining or examining such records; and
(b) The records sought by the demanding member or manager are reasonably related to the member’s interest as a member or the manager’s rights, powers and duties as a manager, as the case may be.
7. In every instance where an attorney or other agent of a member or manager seeks to exercise any right arising under this section on behalf of such member or manager, the demand must be accompanied by a power of attorney signed by the member or manager authorizing the attorney or other agent to exercise such rights on behalf of the member or manager.
8. The rights of a member to obtain or a manager to examine records as provided in this section may be restricted or denied entirely in the articles of organization or in an operating agreement adopted by all of the members or by the sole member or in any subsequent amendment adopted by all of the members at the time of amendment.