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LLC Name Reservation Fees by State

What each state charges to reserve an LLC name before filing the formation document and, where the state's source states them, how long the reservation lasts and whether it can be renewed — the state filing fee only, as the statute or the filing office's fee schedule states it, across all 51 U.S. jurisdictions. Not a recommendation to reserve a name or to choose a jurisdiction.

Scope: 51 US jurisdictions (50 states plus DC)Byline: Andrew Pierce

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What does each state charge to reserve an LLC name?

Each row gives the state filing fee to reserve an LLC name before the formation filing, as the state's statute or the filing office's fee schedule states it.

What does each state charge to reserve an LLC name?
JurisdictionName reservation fee
Alaska$25Alaska charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days; renewal is also $25, with a statement of intent required after the second renewal within 12 months. · Period: 120 days from the department's reservation of the namesource
Alabama$25Alabama charges $25 to reserve or transfer an LLC name for one year, renewable for successive one-year periods by applying and paying the fee in the 90 days before expiration. · Period: until the earlier of one year from the date the application is accepted for filing, or the date the applicant files a written notice of withdrawal; renewable for successive one-year periods by applying and paying the fee in the 90 days before expirationsource
Arkansas$25Arkansas charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days under the Uniform LLC Act; the reservation is transferable to another person. · Period: 120 dayssource
Arizona$10Arizona charges $10 (regular) or $45 (expedited) to reserve an LLC name for 120 days; the reservation is transferable to another person. · Period: one hundred twenty days · Optional: Application to reserve LLC name, expedited processing: $45; 2-Hour Service (Same Day/Next Day Accelerated Processing Services): $400; Same Day Service (Same Day/Next Day Accelerated Processing Services): $200; Next Day Service (Same Day/Next Day Accelerated Processing Services): $100source
California$10California charges $10 to issue a certificate reserving an LLC name for up to 60 days; the same applicant cannot reserve it for consecutive 60-day periods. · Period: for up to 60 days […] The Secretary of State shall not issue certificates reserving the same name for two or more consecutive 60-day periods to the same applicant or for the use or benefit of the same personsource
Colorado$25Colorado charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days; the reservation may be renewed successively for further 120-day periods, also $25, and is transferable. · Period: a one-hundred-twenty-day period, renewable successively for further 120-day periodssource
Connecticut$60Connecticut charges $60 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days, filed online; the reservation is transferable to another person. · Period: one hundred twenty dayssource
District of Columbia$50DC charges $50 to reserve or transfer a limited liability company name for a 120-day period (D.C. Code § 29-103.03; DLCP LLC fee schedule). · Period: a 120-day period · Optional: Expedited same-day service: $100; Expedited 3-day service: $50source
Delaware$75Delaware charges $75 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days; the same applicant may renew for successive 120-day periods, and renewal, transfer and cancellation are $75 each. · Period: the Secretary shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days. Once having so reserved a name, the same applicant may again reserve the same name for successive 120-day periods. · Conditional: Application for renewal of reservation: $75 (at the time of the renewal of any such reservation); Notice of transfer of reservation: $75 (at the time of the filing of a notice of the transfer or cancellation of any such reservation); Notice of cancellation of reservation: $75 (at the time of the filing of a notice of the transfer or cancellation of any such reservation) · Optional: Priority 1 (1-Hour) Service, per document/request: $1,000; Priority 2 (2-Hour) Service, per document/request: $500; Certified copy, each copy certified: $50; Copies provided by the Secretary of State for certification, per page: $2source
Florida$25Florida charges $25 to reserve an LLC name; the reservation lasts a nonrenewable 120-day period (Fla. Stat. § 605.01125). · Period: a nonrenewable 120-day period · Optional: Certified Copy of Record: $30source
Georgia$35Georgia charges $35 ($25 fee + $10 service charge) to reserve a business name for 30 days (SOS Corporations Division Filing Fees, eff. Sept. 6, 2025); optional expedite $120-$1,200. · Fee schedule also states: $35.00 total ($25.00 fee + $10.00 service charge) to reserve a name for 30 days, same for online or paper filing; optional expedite $120/$275/$1,200 · Base: Name Reservation (30-Day), filing fee: $25; Service charge (applies to the filing fee above): $10 · Period: a 30-day period · Optional: Expedited processing, two business days: $120; Expedited processing, same day: $275; Expedited processing, one hour: $1,200source
Hawaii$10Hawaii charges $10 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days from filing (HRS §§ 428-106, 428-1301(a)(12)). · Period: a one hundred twenty-day period from the date of filing · Optional: Special handling fee for review (any record other than articles of merger or conversion): $25source
Iowa$10Iowa charges $10 to reserve an LLC name; the reservation lasts 120 days under Iowa Code § 489.113. · Period: reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for one hundred twenty days; no renewal provision stated (§ 489.113(2) addresses transfer of the reservation to another person, not renewal) · Optional: Certifying the copy (§ 489.122(3)(b)): $5source
Idaho$20Idaho charges $20 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days (Idaho Code §§ 30-21-303, 30-21-214(b)(32)); +$20 for manual-entry paper filings; optional $40/$100 expedite surcharges. · Period: one hundred twenty (120) days · Conditional: Surcharge, manual data entry (non-system-generated form, paper filing): $20 (for filing any form that is not generated by the secretary of state's electronic filing system and that requires manual data entry) · Optional: Surcharge, evidence of filing within 8 working hours: $40; Surcharge, same-working-day expedited service: $100source
Illinois$25Illinois charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 90 days (805 ILCS 180/1-15, 50-10(b)(4)); optional $25 transfer, $5 cancellation, $25 certified copy. · Period: a period of 90 dayssource
Indiana$10Indiana charges $10 (electronic) to reserve an LLC name for a renewable 120-day period (IC 23-0.5-3-3, 23-0.5-9-36); optional renewal/transfer $10 each, certificate $15-$30. · Fee schedule also states: $10 (electronic filing) to reserve a name for a renewable 120-day period; $10 to renew, $10 to transfer, no fee to cancel; optional certificate of existence $15/$30, preclearance $10 · Period: renewable one hundred twenty (120) day periods · Optional: Preclearance of a filing: $10source
Kansas$10Kansas charges $10 to reserve an LLC name online (K.A.R. 7-16-1 + 7-16-2); the reservation lasts 120 days under K.S.A. 17-7923. The current paper-filing total is not fully itemized. · Base: Name reservation, online filing — information and services fee (K.A.R. 7-16-1): $10; Name reservation, online filing — technology communication fee (K.A.R. 7-16-2): $0 · Period: reserve the same for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days; no renewal provision located in K.S.A. 17-7923 (only transfer of the reservation, subsection (c)) · Conditional: Name reservation, paper filing — technology communication fee (K.A.R. 7-16-2): $5 (paper form) · Optional: Certified copy of corporate filing — information and services fee (K.A.R. 7-16-1): $15; Certified copy of corporate filing — technology communication fee (K.A.R. 7-16-2): $5source
Kentucky$15Kentucky charges $15 to reserve (or renew) an LLC name for 120 days under KRS 14A.3-020; the same $15 fee covers a renewal within the last 30 days before expiration. · Period: reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a one hundred twenty (120) day period; renewable during the 30 days before expiration for an additional 120 dayssource
Louisiana$25Louisiana charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for a nonrenewable 120-day period under R.S. 12:1307. · Period: reserved for the exclusive use of the applicant for a nonrenewable period of one hundred twenty days · Optional: Additional certified copies (General Fees): $15; Certified copies with amendments (General Fees): $25; Expedited "while you wait" service (Special fees): $50; Expedited twenty-four-hour service (Special fees): $30source
Massachusetts$30Massachusetts charges $30 to reserve an LLC name for 60 days (renewable 60 more) under M.G.L. c. 156C §4, per the SoS 'Limited Liability Companies' fee schedule heading. · Period: a period of 60 days, extendable for an additional 60 days upon written request of the applicant · Formula: Over $500 […] 4.5% of the sub total · Optional: Certified copy, other documents, first page: $7; Certified copy, other documents, each additional page: $2; Expedited service, order subtotal $0.01-$14.99: $3; Expedited service, order subtotal $15.00-$24.99: $3.50; Expedited service, order subtotal $25.00-$84.99: $6; Expedited service, order subtotal $85.00-$149.99: $10; Expedited service, order subtotal $150.00-$499.00: $15; Expedited service, order subtotal of $500.00: $20source
Maryland$25Maryland charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 30 days (GCA §4A-209; fee under §1-203(b)(3)(i)); optional expedited processing is $20. · Period: the Department shall reserve the name for 30 days for the exclusive use of the applicant · Optional: Expedited processing of a name reservation: $20source
Maine$20Maine charges $20 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days under 31 M.R.S. §1509; the reservation cannot be renewed, though the same name may be reserved again after it expires. · Period: reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a period of 120 days; the reservation may not be renewed, but after expiration the same name may be reserved again by the same or another applicant · Optional: Certification of a copy, per certification (§1680(26)): $5; Preclearance of a document for filing (§1680(27)): $100source
Michigan$25Michigan charges $25 to reserve an LLC name (MCL 450.4205) through a roughly 6-month period, per LARA Form 540 on the CSCL filing-fee schedule. · Period: a period expiring at the end of the sixth full calendar month following the month in which the application was filed · Optional: Expedited service, 1 hour same day: $1,000; Expedited service, 2 hour same day: $500; Expedited service, same day for any existing-entity document: $200; Expedited service, same day for formation/qualification document: $100; Expedited service, 24 hours for any existing-entity document: $100; Expedited service, 24 hours for formation/qualification document: $50; Certified copy of original documents, minimum (first six pages): $16; Certified copy, each additional page beyond six: $1; Certified copy, expedited (25% surcharge)source
Minnesota$35Minnesota charges $35 by mail ($55 online/in person) to reserve an LLC name for one year under Minn. Stat. §322C.0109, per the SOS's all-entities Name Reservation fee schedule. · Period: a one-year period · Conditional: Name reservation, online or in person: $55 (Online / In Person (Appointment Required)) · Optional: Renewal of name reservation, by mail: $35; Renewal of name reservation, online or in person: $55; Cancellation of name reservation: $0source
Missouri$20$20 statutory fee + $5 technology-fund surcharge = $25 total · Period: a period of sixty days from and after the date the application is filed · Conditional: Technology fund surcharge, where applicable: $5source
Mississippi$25Mississippi charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 180 days, per the SOS fee schedule's 'Limited Liability Companies (LLC)' heading. · Period: a period of one hundred eighty (180) days; the same applicant may not re-reserve the same name until more than 60 days after that period expires · Optional: Transfer of a MS LLC's reserved name: $25source
Montana$10Montana charges $10 to reserve an LLC name for a nonrenewable 120 days under MCA 35-8-104, per the SOS business-fees page. · Period: a nonrenewable period of 120 days from the date the application is filed · Optional: Certified copy request: $10; Documents/copies returned by fax: $5; 24 hour processing fee (expedite): $20; 1 hour processing fee (expedite): $100source
North Carolina$10North Carolina charges $10 to reserve an LLC name under G.S. 57D-1-22(a)(2); G.S. 55D-23(a) gives a nonrenewable 120-day period. · Period: nonrenewable 120-day period · Optional: Paper certificate (G.S. 57D-1-22(c)(2)): $15; Electronic certificate (G.S. 57D-1-22(c)(3)): $10; Same-day expedited filing (G.S. 55D-11(1)): $200; 24-hour expedited filing (G.S. 55D-11(2)): $100source
North Dakota$10North Dakota charges $10 to reserve an LLC name under NDCC 10-32.1-92(11); the reservation runs 12 months and is renewable for successive 12-month periods under NDCC 10-32.1-12. · Period: a period of twelve months, renewable for successive twelve-month periods · Optional: Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved name: $10; Filing a cancellation of reserved name: $10; Search-of-records fee (e.g. when requesting a copy of the filed record): $5; Furnishing a copy of any record relating to the limited liability company — fee for the secretary of state's certificate or seal authenticating the copy, plus the search fee: $10source
Nebraska$30Nebraska charges $30 to file an LLC Application for Reserved Name ($25 electronic); Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-109(a) reserves the name for 120 days. · Period: reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a one-hundred-twenty-day period · Optional: Certified copy of any document on file under the act, per page: $1; Certified copy, per-certificate fee: $10source
New Hampshire$15New Hampshire charges $15 to reserve an LLC name under RSA 304-C:27; RSA 304-C:191(II)(a) sets the fee, and 304-C:27(III) gives a 120-day period, renewable. · Period: 120 days, renewable for successive 120-day periods by the same applicant · Optional: Certifying copies of any document on file (RSA 304-C:191(II)(g)): $1; Certificate accompanying a certified copy (RSA 304-C:191(II)(g)): $5source
New Jersey$50New Jersey charges $50 to reserve an LLC name under N.J.S.A. 42:2C-10; 42:2C-93(a)(2) sets the fee (also covering renewal/transfer/cancellation) and 42:2C-10(a) gives a 120-day period. · Period: 120 days · Optional: Certifying copies of any paper on file (N.J.S.A. 42:2C-93(a)(8)): $25; Same-day expedite, additional sum (N.J.S.A. 42:2C-93(b)(1)): up to $50; 24-hour expedite, additional sum (N.J.S.A. 42:2C-93(b)(2)): up to $25source
New Mexico$20New Mexico charges $20 to reserve (or transfer) an LLC name under NMSA 1978, 53-19-4; 53-19-63(H) sets the fee. The 120-day period is not renewable since a 2003 amendment repealed the renewal clause. · Period: 120 days after the date the application is filed; not renewable (the prior provision allowing successive 120-day renewals was repealed effective July 1, 2003) · Optional: Certification of documents or instruments (NMSA 1978, 53-19-63(G)): $25source
Nevada$25Nevada charges $25 to reserve an LLC name (NRS 86.561(1)(f)); NRS 86.176(1) reserves it for 90 days; optional expedite tiers are available (NRS 225.140(2)(d)). · Period: 90 days · Optional: Expedited service, within 1 hour (fee ceiling, NRS 225.140(2)(d)(1)): $1,000; Expedited service, within 2 hours (fee ceiling, NRS 225.140(2)(d)(2)): $500; Other special service incl. within 24 hours (fee ceiling, NRS 225.140(2)(d)(3)): $125source
New York$20New York charges $20 to reserve an LLC name for 60 days; up to two 60-day extensions may be granted, and cancelling a reservation is $20. · Period: a period of sixty days […] The secretary of state may extend the reservation for additional periods of not more than sixty days each […] No more than two such extensions shall be granted. · Conditional: Application for cancellation of reservation of name (§ 205(d)): $20 (Upon request of the applicant, delivered to the department of state before the expiration of the reserved period, the department shall cancel the reservation.) · Optional: Expedited handling, processing within 2 hours (per document, in addition to filing fee): $150; Expedited handling, processing the same day (per document, in addition to filing fee): $75; Expedited handling, processing within 24 hours (per document, in addition to filing fee): $25; Certified Copy of Filed Document: $10source
Ohio$39Ohio charges $39 to reserve an LLC name for 180 days under ORC 1706.07(E)/111.16(S)(1); transfer or cancellation of the reservation is $25 under ORC 111.16(S)(4). · Period: one hundred eighty days from the date of filing; ORC 1706.07(E) states a transfer mechanism but does not itself state a renewal procedure for LLC name reservations · Optional: Assignment (transfer) of rights to use a reserved name, or cancellation of the name reservation: $25; Renewal of the name reservation, if renewal is permitted: $25; Copy of a filed certificate or paper (up to $1/page) and affixing the secretary of state's seal to a good-standing or other certificate ($5): $5source
Oklahoma$10Oklahoma charges $10 to reserve an LLC name for 60 days (18 O.S. §§ 2009, 2055(7)); the same $10 fee covers a transfer or cancellation of the reservation. · Period: a period of sixty (60) days · Optional: Filing a notice of the transfer or cancellation of a name reservation (same statutory fee line as the base filing): $10source
Oregon$100Oregon charges $100 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days under ORS 63.097; the Business Registry Fee Schedule states no separate fee for transferring the reservation. · Period: a 120-day period; the statute provides a transfer mechanism but states no renewal procedure · Optional: Optional Confirmation Copy: $5source
Pennsylvania$70Pennsylvania charges $70 to reserve an association name (including an LLC's) for 120 days under 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 153(a)(13)(i), 208(a). · Fee schedule also states: $70 to reserve a name for 120 days; no separate fee is stated for a transfer of the reservation · Period: a period of 120 days · Optional: Copy fee, each page furnished: $3; Certifying a copy of a document on file, or issuing any other certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth: $40; Expedited service — received before 4 p.m., completed within one hour: $1,000; Expedited service — received before 2 p.m., completed within three hours: $300; Expedited service — received before 10 a.m., completed the same day: $100source
Rhode Island$50Rhode Island charges $50 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days under R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 7-16-65(8), 7-16-10; the same $50 fee covers a transfer or cancellation of the reservation. · Period: one hundred twenty (120) days; the statute provides a transfer mechanism but states no renewal procedure · Optional: Filing a notice of the transfer or cancellation of a name reservation (same statutory fee line): $50; Furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to the LLC: $10source
South Carolina$25South Carolina charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for a nonrenewable 120-day period (Section 33-44-106); transferring the reservation costs $10. · Period: reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable one hundred twenty-day period · Optional: Certifying a copy of a filed document, each certificate (Section 33-44-1204(c)(2)): $2source
South Dakota$25South Dakota charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days (Section 47-34A-106); the same applicant must wait more than 60 days after expiration to re-reserve it. · Period: reserved for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of one hundred twenty days; the same applicant may not again reserve the same name until more than sixty days after the expiration of the last one hundred twenty-day period · Optional: Expedited Fee (Miscellaneous Business Fees schedule): $50source
Tennessee$20Tennessee charges $20 to reserve an LLC name for four months (120 days) via Application for Name Reservation, SS-9425. · Period: a period of four months (120 days)source
Texas$40Texas charges $40 to file an application to reserve an entity name, including an LLC name, held for 120 days and renewable for successive 120-day periods; transfer costs $15 and withdrawal is free. · Period: until the earlier of: (1) the 121st day after the date the application is accepted for filing; or (2) the date the applicant files with the secretary of state a written notice of withdrawal of the reservation […] for successive 120-day periods · Conditional: Renewal by filing a new application within 30 days before expiration: $40 (during the 30-day period preceding the expiration of that reservation); Notice of transfer of a name reservation: $15; Written notice of withdrawal of reservation (no fee): $0 · Optional: Standard Expedite processing of a document submitted for filing: $50; Next Day Expedite processing of a document submitted for filing: $500; Same Day Expedite processing of a document submitted for filing: $750; Preclearance of a filing instrument: $50; Certified copy, per certificate: $15; Certified copy, per page: $1; Expedited processing of a request for a certified copy: $10source
Utah$22Utah charges $22 to reserve a business name (Division of Corporations fee schedule); the LLC Act's own reservation section was repealed 10/1/2026 and its successor was not located. · Optional: Expedited processing fee -- fee is $75 per filing (Division of Corporations schedule, category 'Other Filings and Fees', applies across filing types including name reservation): $75; Statement of certification (certified copy) -- fee is $12 + $.30 per certified copy page, same 'Other Filings and Fees' category: $12source
Virginia$10Virginia charges $10 to reserve or renew an LLC name for 120 days (Section 13.1-1005(3)(a); SCC form SCC631); transferring the reservation also costs $10. · Fee schedule also states: $10 to reserve or renew a name for 120 days; $10 to transfer it; $6/certificate; optional expedite $50-$200 · Period: 120 days · Optional: Online Expedited Services -- Next Day (SCC Clerk's Office, online filings only): $50; Online Expedited Services -- Same Day (SCC Clerk's Office, online filings only): $200source
Vermont$25Vermont charges $25 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days (11 V.S.A. § 1652(a), § 4012(a)(5)); the statute states no renewal, only transfer to another person. · Fee schedule also states: $25 to reserve a business name; $20 to transfer or withdraw the reservation; $25 for a certified copy · Period: reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for 120 days · Optional: Certificate certifying the copy of any filed document (11 V.S.A. § 4012(b)(2), same Fees section): $25source
Washington$30Washington charges $30 to reserve an LLC name for 180 days (RCW 23.95.310); the reservation cannot be renewed, and the filing is mail or in-person only, not online. · Period: 180 days (one hundred eighty days per RCW 23.95.310); expires after that period and cannot be renewed per the SOS resource page · Optional: Expedited service: $100; Certified copies: $10 · According to the SOS resource page, the same-day service fee ($150 per business entity) is not currently assessed and same-day front-counter transactions are charged as an expedited feesource
Wisconsin$15Wisconsin charges $15 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days (Wis. Stat. §§183.0113, 183.0122(2)(a)3.); renewal is $15 and transferring the reservation is $10. · Period: 120 days, renewable by the applicant or a transferee from time to time · Optional: Application for renewal of reserved name: $15; Notice of transfer of reserved name: $10source
West Virginia$15West Virginia charges $15 to reserve an LLC name for 120 days (W. Va. Code §59-1-2(a)(4)); §31B-1-106 allows one 120-day renewal, then a one-year bar for the same applicant. · Period: 120 days; renewable for one additional 120-day period, then barred to the same or associated persons for one calendar year after the last reservation expires · Optional: 24-hour expedited processing: $25; 2-hour expedited processing: $250; 1-hour expedited processing: $500; Certified copy of corporate charter or comparable organizing documents: $15; Plus, per additional amendment, restatement, or other additional document: $5source
Wyoming$60Wyoming charges $60 to file an LLC Application for Reservation of Name; the name is reserved for 120 days under W.S. 17-29-109. · Period: reserved for the applicant's exclusive use for a one hundred twenty (120) day period · Optional: Expedited Filing Service - Same Business Day: $1,400; Expedited Filing Service - Next Business Day: $700; Certifications (schedule line 'Certifications'): $10; Duplicating charges, first ten pages (per page): $0.50; Duplicating charges, pages after the first ten (per page): $0.15source

Source: 51 US jurisdictions (50 states plus DC). Each source link opens the authority for its cell. The page source record lists the capture date and snapshot for every cell.

Field definitions

Name reservation fee
The state filing fee to reserve an LLC name before the formation filing, as the statute or the filing office's fee schedule states it. The amount shown is the base reservation fee. Where a statute states a charge as a ceiling, the line says so. Where the source says a listed charge is not currently assessed, the row states that in its own line instead of listing the amount as a charge.

What this matrix covers

This REFERENCE surface reports the state filing fee to reserve an LLC name before the formation filing, cited to each jurisdiction's official fee schedule or LLC act.

Each row prints the base reservation fee first, then the matrix's plain-words statement of the fee, then the reservation period where a cited source states one, then the conditional charges the matrix records for that state, each with its condition, and the optional lines it records, each marked optional. Where the source says a listed charge is not currently assessed, the row states that in its own line instead of listing it as a charge. All 51 jurisdictions state a base reservation fee in the checked sources. Fees are the state's own charges and exclude any registered-agent fee or commercial filing-service fee. It is not a recommendation to reserve a name or to choose a jurisdiction.

How to read this matrix

Each row is a U.S. jurisdiction (50 states plus the District of Columbia).

The amount shown is the base fee the state's source lists to reserve an LLC name. The lines beneath it give the matrix's plain-words statement of the fee, then the reservation period where a cited source states one, then the conditional charges the matrix records for that state, each with the condition the source gives, and its optional lines, such as expedited handling or a certified copy, each marked optional. Where a statute states a charge as a ceiling, the line says so. Where the source says a listed charge is not currently assessed, the row states that in its own line instead of listing the amount as a charge. Where the fee schedule's own wording names a charge those lines do not, the row adds it under the heading “Fee schedule also states”. Where the matrix records no reservation period for a state, the row prints none. Hover a row's amount for the base fee's pinpoint, snapshot hash and quoted source text and, where an amount, the reservation period or a renewal or transfer clause is stated in a different document, for that document's pinpoint, snapshot hash and quoted text. Fees are the state's own charges and exclude any registered-agent fee or commercial filing-service fee. States can revise fees at any time — confirm against the linked source before filing. Method notes live at /about/methodology/.

Sources

Per-row primary-source citations live in the matrix's sources.json companion.

The full source taxonomy lives at /about/source-registry/.

How to read Unknown

Unknown: Verified absence
The captured authority was searched and shows no such rule or filing. No value is printed because the absence is the finding. The reason and the authority are printed beside the badge.
Unknown: Not yet verified
The captured sources did not settle this field yet. No value is printed, not even an earlier one. The reason is printed beside the badge, and an authority is linked only when one was supplied.

Frequently asked questions

What does the LLC name reservation fee cover?

This matrix tracks the state's charge to reserve an LLC name before the formation document is filed, as the statute or the filing office's fee schedule states it. It does not include the formation filing fee itself, any registered-agent fee, or any commercial filing-service fee. For the formation filing fee, see /business-formation/domestic-llc-formation-fees-by-state/.

Why do some rows list conditional or optional charges beneath the fee?

Some fee schedules price additional items on the same filing line, such as a renewal, a transfer or cancellation, an expedited-handling tier or a certified copy. Each row prints the base reservation fee first, then the matrix's plain-words statement of the fee, the reservation period where a cited source states one, the conditional charges the matrix records for that state, each with the condition the source gives, and its optional lines, each marked optional. Where the source says a listed charge is not currently assessed, the row states that in its own line instead of listing it as a charge.

What does it mean when a row prints no reservation period?

A row prints a reservation period where a source cited in the row's hover note states one: the linked source, or a statute or agency page the note names with its pinpoint, snapshot hash and quoted text. Where the matrix records no period for a state, the row prints none, and the linked official source is the place to look.

Are these fees current?

Each row links to the state's official source for its base fee, and that fee is cited to that primary document. Any other amount, and the reservation period or any renewal or transfer clause a row prints, is cited in the row's hover note to the document that states it. States can revise fees at any time — confirm against the linked source before filing.

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