Foreign registration · Form FA

South Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Kansas

Kansas registers a corporation from South Dakota as a foreign corporation on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas asks nothing of South Dakota here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your South Dakota records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

South Dakota and Kansas side by side

	South Dakota formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	South Dakota Certificate of Good Standing/Existence (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$20	$115 at order
How it is handled	South Dakota: online	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	South Dakota Secretary of State	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sosenterprise.sd.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years
Due	By the first day of the registration anniversary month each year (form opens that day	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your South Dakota registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

From South Dakota to Kansas, step by step

We prepare and file Form FA
It names us as your Kansas resident agent, with your South Dakota name and formation date. No South Dakota paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. After approval, your South Dakota corporation is registered with Kansas.

Your South Dakota name and Kansas's rules

We search Kansas's records for South Dakota's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Kansas agent and the South Dakota one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; South Dakota says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for South Dakota; ours takes Kansas's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in South Dakota and Kansas

South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year; Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, South Dakota to Kansas

An LLC formed in South Dakota files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come South Dakota's Annual Report ($55) and Kansas's Information Report ($5). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Kansas company in South Dakota

A corporation formed in Kansas that registers with South Dakota files South Dakota's registration (no form number) with $750 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50). See that filing.

Questions South Dakota owners ask about Kansas

Does my South Dakota company need to register in Kansas?

Yes, once a South Dakota business operates there; Kansas registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Kansas calls it registration for South Dakota corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Kansas registration cost?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay South Dakota.

Do I need South Dakota's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for South Dakota and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), South Dakota's report (fee set by the state) and Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years).

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Dakota registered agent stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas corporation instead?

Yes, but South Dakota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Business Entity Information Report, and the original keeps South Dakota's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

South Dakota companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business; until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside South Dakota's filings.

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