Do I need an LLC to mow lawns in Indiana?

No — there's no Indiana law that says you must form an LLC before you mow a yard for money. Plenty of folks run cash routes for years without one. So the honest question isn't can you skip it, it's what you give up by skipping it.

Three things, mainly. First, separation: if your mower throws a rock through a bay window, an LLC helps keep the claim aimed at the business instead of your house. Second, a business bank account — banks want registration papers, and mixing route money with grocery money is how bookkeeping dies. Third, the name: a registered business can put its own name on the trailer, the invoice and the estimate — and people around here hire the outfit that looks like it'll show up next year too.

Cost, plainly: Indiana's LLC filing runs about a hundred dollars when you file online through INBiz, and it's a form, not a bar exam. In a barn raising it's part of the papers gate — by the halfway point of the barn you're a registered Indiana business with your own .com and a live website. We prepare every field; you sign, because it's your name and nobody else's business to sign it.

We're builders, not lawyers — this is how it works, not legal advice for your situation.