Foreign LLC Registration Fees by State
What each U.S. jurisdiction charges to register an out-of-state LLC — foreign qualification, priced state by state. Fees as of 2026-06-07. Not legal advice.
“Foreign” here means another U.S. state, not another country. Form in Wyoming, do business in California, and California wants you registered as a foreign LLC before you operate there. You owe this in every state where you have a real presence — not just where you formed. It is the one formation-adjacent fee you pay more than once, which is exactly why the per-state number is worth knowing before you expand.
| State | Corp Filing Fee | Llc Filing Fee | Filing Type | Standard Turnaround | Standard Turnaround Other Days | Expedite Available | Expedite Fee | Expedite Turnaround Days | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKchecked 2026-05-31 | $350.00 | $350.00 | Online | Immediate Acceptance | 1.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Registration of Foreign LLC (online and PDF) fee is $350.00; no additional state‑specific filing notes beyond standard instructions on obtaining an Alaska business license and not duplicating submissions. |
| ALchecked 2026-05-31 | $150.00 | $150.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | $250.00 | not_applicable | Mail the $150.00 filing fee and two original copies of the “Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration” to Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division |
| ARchecked 2026-05-31 | $300.00 | $300.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | The Arkansas Secretary of State’s “Forms / Fees / Records Requests” page includes a dedicated section for Foreign Limited Liability Company, detailing various filing types and their fees, along with online and paper formats. Note: No additional state-specific filing notes beyond the fee listings are |
| AZchecked 2026-05-31 | $150.00 | $150.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 15.0 | Yes | $35 | 8.0 | Foreign LLC publishes notice in newspaper unless statutory agent is in Maricopa or Pima County (in which case notice is published by the ACC). |
| CAchecked 2026-07-25 | $70 | $70.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 30.0 | Yes | $350 | 2.0 | Foreign LLC registration uses Form LLC-5, Application to Register a Foreign Limited Liability Company, at $70.00. Preclearance and expedited filing services are available only at the Secretary of State's Sacramento office. |
| COchecked 2026-07-25 | $100 | $100.00 | Online | Immediate Acceptance | 1.0 | No | $10 | not_applicable | Colorado has no LLC-specific foreign form: a foreign LLC files a Statement of Foreign Entity Authority for $100.00, online only. The fee schedule shows 'n/a' in the paper column for every foreign-entity filing. |
| CTchecked 2026-05-31 | $120 | $120.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 3.0 | Yes | $50 | 1.0 | expedite must be faxed in |
| DCchecked 2026-05-31 | $220.00 | $220.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 15.0 | Yes | $50 | 3.0 | $100 for 1 day expedite TAT |
| DEchecked 2026-05-31 | $200 | $200.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 3.0 | Yes | $50 | 1.0 | Must submit a Certificate of Existence from the jurisdiction of formation (dated within six months); annual franchise tax of $300 due June 1; expedited services available |
| FLchecked 2026-05-31 | $100.00 | $100.00 | Fax | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Foreign LLC registration in Florida uses the same fee structure as new Florida/Foreign LLC formation: $100 filing fee plus $25 registered agent designation, for a total of $125. |
| GAchecked 2026-05-31 | $235.00 | — | Online | Other - See Column F | 12.0 | Yes | $100 | 2.0 | online only for expedite |
| HIchecked 2026-05-31 | $50.00 | — | Online | Other - See Column F | 10.0 | Yes | $25 | 3.0 | online |
| IAchecked 2026-07-25 | $100 | $100.00 | Online | 24 Hours | 1.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | A foreign LLC files a Foreign Registration Statement for $100.00 under Iowa Code 489.903. The filing carries the '**' marker on the fee list, meaning it can be submitted online through Iowa's Fast Track Filing system (filings.sos.iowa.gov). |
| IDchecked 2026-05-31 | $120.00 | $100.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 15.0 | Yes | $41 | 1.0 | Idaho charges a base fee of $100 for filing a Foreign Registration Statement; paper filings incur an additional $20 manual processing fee. Optional expedited services: $40 for expedited (1–2 business days) or $100 for same‑day processing if filed before 1:00 p.m. MT. |
| ILchecked 2026-07-25 | Partial | $150.00 | by mail or in person | typical several business days to ~2 weeks | — | Yes | $100 | 1 | Certificate of Good Standing (home state) required; must include duplicate filing; annual report thereafter |
| INchecked 2026-07-25 | $125 | $125.00 | Online | Immediate Acceptance | 1.0 | No | $50 | not_applicable | Indiana's foreign-registration fee is set by statute at IC 23-0.5-9-26 (Foreign Registration Statement) and splits by filing medium: $75.00 filed electronically through INBiz, $125.00 filed on paper. The amount shown here is the by-mail figure. |
| KSchecked 2026-05-31 | $165 | — | Fax | Other - See Column F | 3.0 | No | $20 | not_applicable | Foreign (non‑Kansas) business entities must file by submitting a foreign application by paper. |
| KYchecked 2026-07-25 | $90.00 | $90.00 | Online | Immediate Acceptance | 1.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Kentucky publishes one fee table covering foreign corporations and foreign LLCs together: Application for Certificate of Authority $90.00, Amended Certificate of Authority $40.00, Certificate of Withdrawal $40.00, and a $15.00 annual report thereafter. |
| LAchecked 2026-05-31 | $150 | $125.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | $30 | not_applicable | Louisiana‑specific filing fees for Foreign Limited Liability Company services under the Secretary of State fee schedule. |
| MAchecked 2026-05-31 | $500.00 | $500.00 | Fax | 24 Hours | 1.0 | No | $20.00 | not_applicable | Foreign LLC Registration in Massachusetts requires filing a Certificate of Registration (Application for Registration of Foreign LLC) with a $500 state filing fee; additionally, foreign LLCs must file an annual report with the same $500 fee |
| MDchecked 2026-05-31 | $100 | $300.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 56.0 | Yes | $55 | 10.0 | online only |
| MEchecked 2026-05-31 | $250 | $250.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 30.0 | Yes | $50 | 5.0 | mail in only |
| MIchecked 2026-05-31 | $50 | $50.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 10.0 | Yes | $100 | 3.0 | mail in only |
| MNchecked 2026-05-31 | $185.00 | $185.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | $205.00 | not_applicable | Foreign LLC (Limited Liability Company, Foreign – Chapter 322C) fees for Minnesota |
| MOchecked 2026-05-31 | $155.00 | — | Online | Other - See Column F | 7.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Not observed |
| MSchecked 2026-05-31 | $250 | $250.00 | Online | Immediate Acceptance | 1.0 | No | $50 | not_applicable | Foreign LLC registration requires a one-time $250 filing; thereafter, the annual report for a foreign LLC also costs $250 per year. Correcting the registration costs $50, and canceling it costs $25. |
| MTchecked 2026-05-31 | $70.00 | $70.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 5.0 | Yes | $20 | 1.0 | online |
| NCchecked 2026-07-25 | $250 | $250.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 12.0 | Yes | $100 | 2.0 | A foreign LLC files an Application for Certificate of Authority at $250.00; an amended certificate is $50.00 and withdrawal is $10.00. The $125.00 Articles of Organization fee in the same block is the domestic formation fee and does not apply to foreign registration. |
| NDchecked 2026-07-17 | $135 | $135 | Online | Other - See Column F | 30.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Foreign (out‑of‑state) LLC registration (Certificate of Authority) fee is the same as domestic LLC: $135; Annual report fee is $50, due November 15. |
| NEchecked 2026-05-31 | $110.00 | — | Online | Other - See Column F | 5.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Not observed |
| NHchecked 2026-05-31 | $100 | $100.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 15.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form FLLC‑1) |
| NJchecked 2026-07-25 | $125.00 | $125.00 | Online | 24 Hours | 1.0 | No | $25.00 | not_applicable | New Jersey charges the same $125.00 for a foreign LLC's Certificate of Registration as for a domestic Certificate of Formation. Cancellation is asymmetric: $100.00 domestic versus $125.00 for a foreign LLC. |
| NMchecked 2026-07-09 | $100 | $100.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 30.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Foreign LLC registration, amendment of registration, cancellation of registration fees |
| NVchecked 2026-05-31 | $75.00 | $75.00 | Online | 24 Hours | 1.0 | Yes | $114 | 7.0 | If you have to mail in the filing there is an expedite option for 7days |
| NYchecked 2026-05-31 | $250 | $250.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 14.0 | Yes | $25 | 7.0 | Foreign LLC must publish in newspapers in county of office once a week for six consecutive weeks; one daily and one weekly, as designated by county clerk, within 120 days of filing Application for Authority. |
| OHchecked 2026-05-31 | $99.00 | — | Online | Other - See Column F | 7.0 | Yes | $100 | 3.0 | Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (Ohio) requires Form 617, with a state filing fee of $99, plus additional fees of $25 for statutory agent update, $25 for reinstatement & appointment of agent, $50 for certificate of correction, and $50 for certificate of dissolution/cancellation. |
| OKchecked 2026-07-09 | $300.00 | $300.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | $0 | not_applicable | Oklahoma-specific statutory fee schedule per 18 O.S. § 18‑2055 (2022) |
| ORchecked 2026-07-25 | $275.00 | $275.00 | Online | 24 Hours | 1.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Oregon prices every foreign-LLC filing at a flat $275.00 - Foreign Application for Authority, amendment/withdrawal, and the annual renewal - against $100.00 for the equivalent domestic LLC filings. |
| PAchecked 2026-05-31 | $250 | $250.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 40.0 | Yes | $100 | 7.0 | No state‑specific filing notes found on the referenced page for Pennsylvania. |
| RIchecked 2026-05-31 | $150 | $150.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 5.0 | No | $50 | not_applicable | Administrative revocation of a foreign business registration is not a formal dissolution; all registered for‑profit foreign entities are required to pay the minimum annual tax of $400 to the RI Division of Taxation, owed regardless of business activity or profit, and fees apply annually until formal |
| SCchecked 2026-05-31 | $110 | $110.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | No annual report required for foreign LLCs; Certificate of Authority required; registered agent required |
| SDchecked 2026-07-25 | $750 | $765.00 | Online | Immediate Acceptance | 1.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | South Dakota's foreign LLC Certificate of Authority is $750.00 filed electronically or $765.00 on paper; the $15.00 difference is the state's flat paper-filing fee for documents that could have been filed online. Domestic Articles of Organization are $150.00, so foreign registration costs five times as much. |
| TNchecked 2026-07-25 | $300 | $300+ (variable, min $300) | Online | Other - See Column F | 5.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | A foreign LLC files Form SS-4233, Application for Certificate of Authority Limited Liability Company, at a $300 minimum ($50 per member, capped at $3,000). This is distinct from Form SS-4236, Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company Name ($20), which only reserves the name. |
| TXchecked 2026-07-25 | $750 | $750.00 | Fax | Other - See Column F | 7.0 | Yes | $21 | 2.0 | A foreign LLC registers on Form 304 under the $750 'foreign entity application for registration' line. Texas adds a late filing fee for any foreign entity that transacted business in the state for more than ninety days before registering, equal to the registration fee for each full or partial calendar year it operated unregistered. |
| UTchecked 2026-07-25 | $59 | $59.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Foreign LLC registration is $59, the same amount Utah charges a foreign profit or nonprofit corporation. The $5 Utah single sign-on surcharge shown elsewhere on the fee schedule is marked as applying to renewal/annual-report fees, not to the initial foreign registration. |
| VAchecked 2026-05-31 | $100 | $100.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 28.0 | Yes | $100 | 3.0 | Fees for services such as name reservation, registration, reinstatement, amendment, domestication, and cancellation, including separate provisions for Protected Series LLCs |
| VTchecked 2026-07-25 | $125 | $155.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 3.0 | No | $25 | not_applicable | A foreign LLC files an Application for Certificate of Authority under 11 V.S.A. 4112 for $155.00, with the fee authority at 11 V.S.A. 4012. An amended certificate is $35.00 and cancellation is $25.00. Vermont charges a foreign corporation the identical $155.00 under 11A V.S.A. 15.03. |
| WAchecked 2026-07-25 | $180 | $180.00 | Online | Other - See Column F | 2.0 | No | $100 | not_applicable | A foreign LLC registers under RCW 25.15 at the $180 Original Filings rate. Posted fees cover standard processing only: expedited service is $100 per business entity and is generally processed within three working days, and expediting by mail requires an additional $100 per entity with 'EXPEDITE' written on the outside of the envelope. |
| WIchecked 2026-05-31 | $100.00 | — | Online | 24 Hours | 1.0 | No | $100.00 | not_applicable | Not observed |
| WVchecked 2026-05-31 | $150.00 | $150.00 | Other - See Column F | 10.0 | Yes | $25 | 1.0 | Initial registration of a foreign limited liability company requires issuance of a certificate of authority; the fee is deposited in the general administrative fees account. | |
| WYchecked 2026-05-31 | $150.00 | $150.00 | Mail-In | Other - See Column F | 28.0 | No | not_applicable | not_applicable | Foreign LLCs must file an Application for Certificate of Authority and pay $150; annual report fee of $60 applies thereafter. |
Hover column headers to see field definitions. Hover cell text to see source notes. Typed unknowns (e.g., “Portal not observable”) are methodological limits, not data gaps.
What it costs
This is the widest fee in the set. The same filing — register your out-of-state LLC — runs from $50 in Michigan to $765 in South Dakota, with Texas a step behind at $750: a fifteen-fold spread for identical paperwork. There is no national logic to it, so you check the specific state you are entering rather than reason from an average. Register in three states and you are paying three of these, at three different prices, and the gap between the cheap states and the expensive ones is large enough that it can shift the order you expand in.
The trap: whose fee is that, exactly?
We cite each state's LLC line specifically, and for this topic that means the foreign-LLC line — the fee to register an LLC formed elsewhere, not the fee a home-state LLC pays to form. Foreign-corporation and foreign-limited-partnership fees usually sit on the same schedule, often a line or two away and sometimes at a different price — close enough to grab by mistake. The number in every row here is the one for a foreign limited liability company, read off the state's own schedule and bound to that entity and that direction.
When the fee depends on how you file
A few states quote the same registration two ways. Indiana is the one to notice: $75 to file your foreign registration electronically, $125 on paper — a $50 gap on identical paperwork, for nothing but choosing the slower channel. South Dakota, the most expensive state on the list, shaves $15 off for filing online ($750 versus the $765 paper figure). We publish the standard paper number in the table and note the electronic price in the row; where the cheaper electronic path exists, it is usually worth taking. And one state doesn't quote a flat number at all — Tennessee charges by membership: $50 per member, a $300 floor and a $3,000 ceiling, so a two-member LLC and a fifty-member LLC pay very different amounts to register there. The lesson is the same one that runs through the whole table: a posted fee is sometimes a default, not a fixed cost. Read the filing options before you assume the number is the number.
How to read this matrix
Each row is a state or the District of Columbia. Twenty-nine rows are backed by a captured snapshot; twenty-two rows carry a source-chain flag (typed_unknown) because the official source URL has expired or could not be reached — those rows show fee values from prior verification pending re-sourcing. Confirm against the linked source before filing.
What this page does not tell you
- Whether you actually need to register — “transacting business” is defined by each state, and a light footprint may not trigger it. When in doubt, the state's own guidance governs.
- The annual cost of staying registered — a registered agent in each state, plus that state's annual report or franchise fee, are recurring and separate from this one-time registration.
- Certified-copy, certificate-of-good-standing, or expedite surcharges, which several states require alongside the registration and price separately.
- Name conflicts — if your LLC's name is taken in the new state, you may have to register under an assumed name, which is a different filing.
How these numbers are sourced
Each fee is read off the state's own published fee schedule or filing form. Where a snapshot was captured, the figure is verified against that snapshot. Where a state lists fees by entity type and direction, we bind to the foreign-LLC line specifically — not the domestic line, and not the foreign-corporation line beside it. Per-row primary-source citations live in the matrix's sources.json companion. Full method at /about/methodology/; the source taxonomy at /about/source-registry/.
Not legal advice
Foreign-qualification fees, name rules, and which form applies are state-specific and change. This page is structured reference, not counsel. Confirm against the linked state source before filing.
See also: What is foreign qualification? and Foreign qualification and privacy exposure.
Frequently asked questions
What is foreign registration?
"Foreign" here means formed in another U.S. state, not another country. When an LLC or corporation does business in a state other than the one it was formed in, that state generally requires it to register as a foreign entity (often called foreign qualification) and pay a filing fee. The matrix records that fee for LLCs and corporations per jurisdiction.
Why are the LLC and corporation fees sometimes different?
States set foreign-registration fees by entity type, and the two frequently differ. The matrix keeps corp_filing_fee and llc_filing_fee in separate columns so each is cited to the correct line of the state's fee schedule.
Are these fees current?
Each row links to the state's official fee source and is cited to that primary document; where a snapshot was captured, the figure is also verified against it. States revise fees periodically; confirm against the linked primary source before filing.
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