LLC Reinstatement Fees by State — Explainer

Matrix explainer. Coverage: LLC and corporation reinstatement filing fees, late penalties, and the delinquency / dissolution / window rules each state publishes. 51 jurisdictions (50 states + DC); 37 rows are snapshot-confirmed and 14 are marked typed unknown (AL, HI, ID, KS, LA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, WI, WV, WY — values carried from the primary source but without a captured snapshot). Source matrix: LLC Reinstatement Fees & Rules by State. Fees as of the matrix's last verification (May–July 2026). Not legal advice.

Short answer

Reinstatement is how an LLC that the state administratively dissolved — usually for missed annual reports or fees — gets restored to good standing. Where a state publishes an LLC-specific reinstatement fee, it is modest: $5 (Iowa) at the bottom, $300 (District of Columbia, Nevada) at the top, with most confirmed states between $25 and $200. The two numbers that actually decide whether reinstatement is cheap, expensive, or impossible are elsewhere: the back-compliance bill (every missed report and penalty, due at reinstatement) and the reinstatement window (from one year to no limit, depending on the state).

What this matrix tracks

• LLC and corporation reinstatement fees — recorded separately, because state fee schedules list them separately and the lines differ
• Late penalty — what the state adds on top at reinstatement
• Rule fields — how the state defines delinquency and administrative dissolution, what triggers a reinstatement filing rather than a late report, and the window in which reinstatement is allowed
• Processing — filing channel, standard turnaround, and expedite options

Key findings

• Confirmed LLC fees run $5 to $300. Iowa charges $5. The District of Columbia and Nevada charge $300. In between: Hawaii $25, Idaho and Indiana $30, Minnesota $65 by mail ($85 online or in person), Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Virginia, and Wyoming $100, Connecticut $120, Maine and South Dakota $150, Illinois $200, Delaware $220.
• The corp-vs-LLC line is a real trap. Delaware's LLC revival sits in the $220 LLC tier, while the corporation reinstatement line nearby reads $189 — the matrix previously carried the corporation figure for the LLC cell and was corrected. Where a state's schedule lists both entity types, we bind to the LLC line only.
• 24 jurisdictions have no confirmed LLC-specific line. Those rows read “not established” rather than a number borrowed from a corporation line or a third-party chart. Not established is not $0.
• Expedite pricing spans two orders of magnitude. Iowa's expedited service is $15; Delaware's fastest tier is $1,500 for a 30-minute turnaround, with cheaper tiers down to $100 for 24-hour service.

The window is the real deadline

Every state that allows reinstatement puts a boundary — or explicitly declines to — on how long after dissolution it remains available. The published windows range from one year (North Dakota, Tennessee) through two years (including Alaska, Hawaii, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming), five years (Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Virginia, Washington), six years (Arizona, Maine), up to ten years (Idaho, Rhode Island) — while Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and DC publish no time limit. Texas publishes no limit either, but with a catch worth knowing: entity continuity is only preserved if reinstatement happens within 36 months of involuntary termination. Miss the window and the LLC generally cannot be revived — re-forming a new entity, with a new formation date and (if the name lapsed) possibly a new name, is what's left.

The filing fee is not the bill

States condition reinstatement on curing the default that caused dissolution, so the real cost is usually the accumulated back-compliance, not the reinstatement line:

• Arkansas charges no reinstatement filing fee — but all past-due franchise taxes come due, with a $25 penalty and 10% interest for every year unpaid.
• Florida layers a $400 late fee on top of each missed annual report at $138.75 per report.
• Michigan (styled a “Certificate of Restoration of Good Standing”) charges $50 plus $25 for each missing year's statement.
• Several states — Indiana and Hawaii among them — also require a tax clearance from the revenue department before the filing office will act, which adds a second agency and its timeline to the critical path.

How these numbers are sourced

Each row binds to the state's own fee schedule, reinstatement form, or statute, with the source URL recorded per row. 37 of 51 rows carry a captured snapshot of that source; 14 are typed unknown (value read from the primary source, snapshot capture failed — mostly PDF-fetch failures). Where the schedule lists corporation and LLC lines separately, the LLC cell binds only to the LLC line. Full method at /about/methodology/; source taxonomy at /about/source-registry/.

What the matrix does not prove

• Does not compute your total reinstatement bill — back reports, penalties, interest, and tax clearances depend on how long the entity has been dissolved and what it owes.
• Does not prove an entity is eligible to reinstate — name availability after lapse, registered-agent requirements, and statutory conditions are separate questions.
• Does not cover voluntary dissolution or withdrawal of a foreign registration — see Dissolution vs. Withdrawal.
• Does not guarantee currency: fee schedules change, and rows marked typed unknown carry values without a captured snapshot. Verify against the linked state source before filing.

Not legal advice

Whether to reinstate or re-form, and in what order to cure tax and report defaults, is a judgment call with liability and continuity consequences this page does not measure. This is structured reference, not counsel.

See also: LLC Reinstatement Fees & Rules by State (matrix) · Administrative dissolution & reinstatement · LLC Annual Report & Renewal Fees by State — Explainer · LLC Dissolution Fees by State — Explainer