If you plan to order a limited liability company and you even remotely suspect that someday an enemy might try to track your company down, here's what to do:
1. Choose a state other than your own in which to form the company.
New Mexico (unless you live there)
is the absolute best because no annual information returns are required. Remember, a private investigator (PI) will first check the records
in the state where you live. If your LLC does not show up there, he is then forced to search among the other 49 states. (His first three choices will probably be Delaware, Nevada and Wyoming, so it's better not to form a limited liability company in any of those states.)
2. When you title your home, car, truck, trailer, camper, motorcycle or snowmobile with an LLC,
use a faraway ghost address. In fact, many states allow you to list an address in another country, which is why an address in
Spain is offered on my website.
3. Use a generic name, i.e.,
a name so common that it is used in dozens of states. If you are looking at a list of
shelf LLCs, for example, watch for names like NORTH STAR, BLUE MOON, or RED RIVER. Just imagine the problem a PI will have with a common name. There will be identically-named LLCs in dozens of states! Which one is yours? The PI will not have a clue, especially if you are using a faraway ghost address!
4. Last but far from least,
use a separate LLC for each purchase. That way, if one of the bad guys discovers that your old Camry is listed in XYZ LLC, at least his subsequent search for that name will not bring up the LLCs that own your home, your boat, and your aircraft. (Shameful commercial pitch--
contact me before the end of this month for the
lowest-ever prices on New Mexico limited liability companies!)
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Privacy blog post by JJ Luna at 5:00 AM
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