Foreign Qualification Privacy Exposure by State
State-by-state matrix. Cite within scope, source dates, and limitations shown below.
| State | Foreign Qualification Required | Discloses Principal Office Address | Discloses Members Or Managers | Publicly Searchable | Publication Required | Publication Details | State Level Boi | Official Form Name | Official Form Url | Relevant Statute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (CO SoS) | https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do | C.R.S. §7-90-801 et seq. |
| DEchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | not_required | No | Certificate of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company (DE Form per 6 Del. C. §18-902) | https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx | 6 Del. C. §18-902 |
| WYchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | No | Inaccessible (operator-declared) | No | not_required | No | Application for Certificate of Authority — Foreign LLC (WY SoS) | https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx | Wyo. Stat. §17-29-802 |
| CAchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Form LLC-12 | https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business | Cal. Corp. Code §17708.02 |
| NYchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | no_signer_capacity_only_per_form_1361 | Portal not observable | Yes | NY LLC Law §802 requires foreign LLCs (same as domestic) to publish notice of qualification in two newspapers designated by the county clerk of the county where the LLC's NY office is located, for 6 cons | no_for_us_formed_llcs_yes_for_non_us_foreign_country_llcs | Form 1361 | https://apps.dos.ny.gov/publicInquiry/ | NY LLC Law §802 |
| FLchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application by Foreign Limited Liability Company (FL Form INHS-LLCF / FL Stat. §605.0902) | https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/ | Fla. Stat. §605.0902 |
| TXchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Form 304 | https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms_boc.shtml | Tex. Bus. Org. Code §9.001 et seq. |
| NVchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Registration of Foreign Limited-Liability Company (NV SoS) | https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/businesses/start-a-business | Nev. Rev. Stat. §86.5461 et seq. |
| AZchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes_in_most_counties | not_required | No | Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company (AZ Corporation Commission Form L010) | https://ecorp.azcc.gov/ | A.R.S. §29-3802 |
| UTchecked 2026-05-12 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Registration Statement (Utah Code §48-3a-902) | https://corporations.utah.gov/ | Utah Code §48-3a-902 |
| ILchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Admission to Transact Business (IL Form LLC-45.5, 805 ILCS 180/45-5) | https://www.ilsos.gov/content/dam/publications/pdf_publications/llc455.pdf | 805 ILCS 180/45-5 |
| ALchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (AL SoS, 10/2022) | https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/ForeignLLCRegistration.pdf | Ala. Code §10A-1-7.04 |
| AKchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Certificate of Registration — Foreign Limited Liability Company (AK Form 08-0497, AS 10.50.615) | https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/corp0497.pdf | AS 10.50.615 |
| ARchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | conditional | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign LLC Registration (AR SoS online or paper, Ark. Code Ann. §4-38-802) | https://sos-corp-search.ark.org/corps | Ark. Code Ann. §4-38-802 |
| CTchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Registration Statement — Limited Liability Company (CT SOTS Rev. 03/2020) | https://business.ct.gov/-/media/BusinessOneStop/BRS-Forms/LLC-Forms/Foreign-Registration-Statement-LLC-Foreign-2020r3FILLABLE.pdf | Conn. Gen. Stat. §34-505 |
| GAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | yes_manager_only | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Certificate of Authority for LLC (Form CD 241) | https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Application%20-%20Certificate%20of%20Authority%20for%20LLC%20(CD%20241).pdf | O.C.G.A. §14-11-702 |
| HIchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Certificate of Authority for a Foreign LLC (Form FLLC-1) | https://files.hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/registration/forms/fllc-1.pdf | HRS §428-901 |
| IDchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Registration Statement (Idaho, Title 30 Idaho Code) | https://sos.idaho.gov/CORP/forms/FOREIGN/foreign%20reg%20statement.pdf | Idaho Code §30-21-901 |
| INchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Registration Statement (Indiana State Form 56369, R8 / 01-26) | https://forms.in.gov/Download.aspx?id=17073 | Indiana Code §23-18.1-7-1 |
| IAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Registration Statement — LLC (Iowa Form 635_0010) | https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/635_0010.pdf | Iowa Code §489.901 et seq. |
| KSchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Foreign Business Application (Kansas Form FA, K.S.A. 17-7931) | https://sos.ks.gov/forms/business_services/FA.pdf | K.S.A. 17-7931 |
| KYchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Certificate of Authorization — Foreign Business Entity (Kentucky Form FBE, KRS 14A.9-010) | https://web.sos.ky.gov/forms/corp/FBE-Certificate%20of%20Authorization_Foreign%20Business%20Entity.pdf | KRS 14A.9-010 |
| LAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application of Foreign Limited Liability Company (Louisiana Form 972, R.S. 12:1349) | https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/PublishedDocuments/972ApplicationofForeignLimitedLiabilityCompany.pdf | R.S. 12:1349 |
| MEchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | none | No | MLLC-12 | https://www.maine.gov/sos/corporations-commissions/i-need-a-business-form/limited-liability-company-forms | 31 MRSA §1622 |
| MDchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | none | No | Foreign LLC Registration | https://dat.maryland.gov/Pages/sdatforms.aspx | Md. Code, Corps. & Assocs. §4A-1003 |
| MAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | none | No | Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/filing-by-subject/limited-liability/corporations-limited-liability-company.htm | M.G.L. ch. 156C §48 |
| MIchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | none | No | CSCL/CD-760 | https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/cscl/corps/limited-liability-co | MCL 450.4902 |
| MNchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | none | No | Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Minnesota | https://www.sos.mn.gov/business-liens/start-a-business/types-of-minnesota-businesses/ | Minn. Stat. §322C.1001 |
| MSchecked 2026-07-25 | Yes | Yes | no_signer_capacity_only_per_statute | unknown_portal_inaccessible | No | none | No | LLC 4 — Foreign LLC Registration | https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services-external-affairs/registered-agents | Miss. Code Ann. §79-29-1001 |
| MOchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | none | No | Form LLC 4 — Application for Registration of a Foreign LLC | https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/forms | RSMo §347.183 |
| MTchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | conditional | Yes | No | none | No | Application for Certificate of Authority of a Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://biz.sosmt.gov | Mont. Code Ann. §35-8-1001 |
| NEchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | domestic_only_not_foreign | No | Certificate of Authority — Foreign LLC | https://sos.nebraska.gov/business-services/forms-and-fee-information | Neb. Rev. Stat. §21-193 |
| NHchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company (NH RSA 304-C) | https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/Account/LandingPage | NH RSA 304-C |
| NJchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company (N.J.S.A. 42:2C-66) | https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessFormation/ | N.J.S.A. 42:2C-66 |
| NMchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company (NMSA §53-19-62) | https://enterprise.sos.nm.gov/ | NMSA 1978 §53-19-62 |
| NCchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Certificate of Authority (NCGS §57D-7-02) | https://www.sosnc.gov/divisions/business_registration | NCGS §57D-7-01 et seq. |
| NDchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Certificate of Authority of Foreign Limited Liability Company (NDCC §10-32.1-84) | https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/business-services/business-structures/limited-liability-company-llc | NDCC §10-32.1-84 et seq. |
| OHchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (OH Form 616, ORC §1706.511) | https://www.ohiosos.gov/businesses/business-filing-information/ | ORC §1706.511 et seq. |
| OKchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | not_required | No | Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company (18 O.S. §2044) | https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/organization.aspx | 18 O.S. §2044 |
| ORchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Authority — Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/foreign-llc.aspx | ORS §§63.704, 63.714 |
| PAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Foreign Limited Liability Company — Application for Registration (DSCB:15-8971) | https://www.dos.pa.gov/BusinessCharities/Business/RegistrationForms/Pages/default.aspx | 15 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§8971-8972 |
| RIchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Authority — Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/filing-forms | RI Gen. Laws §§7-16-47 to 7-16-49 |
| SCchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Authority — Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://sos.sc.gov/business-filings/limited-liability-companies | SC Code §§33-44-1002 to 33-44-1004 |
| SDchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Authority — Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://sdsos.gov/business-services/business-services-home.aspx | SDCL Chapter 47A (statute text inaccessible — JS-only portal) |
| TNchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Authority — Foreign Limited Liability Company (SS-4233) | https://sos.tn.gov/business-services | TCA §§48-249-901, 48-249-907 |
| VAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Registration — Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC-1052) | https://scc.virginia.gov/clk/ | VA Code §§13.1-1052, 13.1-1054 |
| WAchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Foreign LLC Registration Statement | https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/forms.aspx?EntityType=LLC | RCW 23.95.520, 23.95.525 |
| WVchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | conditional | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Authority — Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/ | WV Code §§31B-10-1002 to 31B-10-1003 |
| WIchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Application for Certificate of Registration — Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form 521) | https://www.wdfi.org/Corporations/llc/ | Wis. Stat. §§183.1002 to 183.1003 |
| DCchecked 2026-06-08 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | Foreign Entity Registration — Foreign Limited Liability Company | https://corponline.dcra.dc.gov/ | DC Code §§29-105.01, 29-105.03 |
| VTchecked 2026-07-25 | Yes | Yes | No | unknown_source_unreachable | No | not_required | unknown_source_unreachable | Application for Certificate of Authority | https://sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/foreign-registration/ | 11 V.S.A. §§ 4111–4116 (Title 11, Ch. 25, foreign LLC provisions) |
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.
Research scope
Covers all 51 US jurisdictions (50 states + DC). the entity to register in the operating state, often surfacing fields (member names, principal-office address, organizer) that the formation state does not require. Pages do NOT make 50-state claims.
See also: Foreign Qualification Privacy Exposure — Explainer
How to read this matrix
Each row is a U.S. state (as operating state). Cells document required foreign-qualification filing fields and their public visibility. Typed unknowns mark fields that cannot be confirmed under the methodology at /about/methodology/.
Sources
Primary-source citations per row live in the matrix's sources.json companion. The full source taxonomy lives at /about/source-registry/.
Frequently asked questions
Does a Wyoming anonymous LLC stay anonymous in California?
Generally no at layer 2 — CA Form LLC-5 surfaces home-state principal office address and LLC-12 can require manager/member listing. See the explainer at /business-formation/foreign-qualification-privacy-exposure-explainer/.
How is New York Form 1361 different from California LLC-12?
NY uses a signer-capacity checkbox (Member/Manager/Authorized Person), not a public roster — detailed in the explainer and the WY vs DE vs NM triad page.
Which states require newspaper publication on qualification?
NY (6 weeks) and AZ in many counties are called out in narrative explainers; this matrix tracks filing-field exposure per cohort foreign state.
Is 'foreign LLC' the same as federal 'foreign reporting company'?
No. State foreign LLC = out-of-state. Federal foreign reporting company = formed outside the U.S. See /boi-kyc/foreign-reporting-company-boi-rules/.
Can I rely on this matrix without reading formation matrices?
Foreign qualification builds on home-state formation data — use both layer 1 and layer 2 matrices via the four-layer framework.
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