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🏢 LLC formation · 50-state index

LLC formation regulations across all 50 states

Verified April 26, 202650 guides
AI-drafted, human-reviewed

How we build these guides

Sourcing

Adapters pull primary data from the FAA, IRS, OpenStates, DSIRE, NORML, PubMed, Census/BLS/FRED, Google Civic, and Data.gov.

Generation pipeline

Outline (Gemini Flash) → Draft (Claude Sonnet 4.6) → Editor (Gemini Flash, fact-check) → Polish (Flash-Lite, readability) → FAQ (gpt-4o-mini).

Quality gates

Soft gates on word count, citation count, and banned-phrase screening; hard blocks if required sections are missing.

Verification cadence

Pages are re-verified quarterly. verified_at updates on every pass.

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All 50 state guides

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How we verify

Sourced from FAA, IRS, OpenStates, DSIRE, and state legislatures. AI-drafted (Sonnet 4.6 + Gemini Flash), human spot-reviewed, re-verified quarterly.

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