Foreign registration · no form number

Louisiana Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

Idaho registers a corporation from Louisiana as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for Louisiana's Certificate of Good Standing ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Louisiana records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Louisiana and Idaho each ask for

	Louisiana formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Louisiana Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Louisiana: online or by mail	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.la.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $30, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary of the date of incorporation	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Louisiana registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

How Louisiana companies register with Idaho

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Idaho registered agent, next to your Louisiana name and formation date. If Idaho wants the Louisiana certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Louisiana corporation is registered with Idaho.

Will your Louisiana name work for Idaho?

If another Idaho company uses the Louisiana name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Idaho's records for Louisiana's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Idaho agent and the Louisiana one

Louisiana and Idaho both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Louisiana; ours takes Idaho's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Louisiana and Idaho

Each year your corporation files Louisiana's Annual Report ($30) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Louisiana plus Idaho comes to $179 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Louisiana to Idaho

An LLC formed in Louisiana files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Louisiana's Annual Report ($40) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Idaho into Louisiana

A corporation formed in Idaho that registers with Louisiana files Form 326 with $160 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Louisiana owners ask about Idaho

Does my Louisiana company need to register in Idaho?

Yes, once a Louisiana business operates there; Idaho registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Idaho calls it registration for Louisiana corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Idaho registration cost?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want Louisiana's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, plus time for Louisiana's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Louisiana and Idaho?

$179 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $30 to Louisiana and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Louisiana registered agent stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my Louisiana name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Louisiana name at home.

Can I form a new Idaho corporation instead?

Yes, but Louisiana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Louisiana's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

Louisiana companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement; until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside Louisiana's filings.

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