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<p class="MsoNormal">Not a bad practice. However, technically, the owner of trust property is the trustee (legal, not beneficial ownership). So the trustee can manage a member-only, sole-member, LLC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yes, a trust may be a member of an LLC. In order to clarify who is managing the LLC, however, I prefer to have manager-managed entities with an individual serving as manager, with the trust as the sole member.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a client who wants to put all of his assets in a revocable trust. Fine. But he has LLCs and he wants the trust to be the sole member of the LLC? Does Washington law regarding LLCs permit this? I imagine so, but I want to be sure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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