Connecticut Foreign LLC Registration

Connecticut LLC registration at a glance

Filing

Foreign Registration Statement (LLC - Foreign) (no form number)

State fee

$120 filing fee

Total with us

$319, first year of Connecticut registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Required, dated within 90 days

Connecticut yearly filing

Annual Report, $80, every year

Filed with

Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division

What the Connecticut filing asks for

For the filing, Connecticut needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Connecticut registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address
• A certificate of good standing from the home state, no older than 90 days when Connecticut receives it

LLC into Connecticut, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $319 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

If you do business in Connecticut without registering

Connecticut penalties for unregistered business: $300 for each month. When it does register, Connecticut collects the fees it would have charged for the years it went unregistered.

Connecticut registered agent rule

Connecticut requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Connecticut allows any Connecticut resident age 18 or older, or any other business entity registered with the office that has a Connecticut address to serve. Switching agents later costs $50. Our $199 includes the first year of Connecticut registered agent service, then $149 a year.

Connecticut yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the Connecticut Annual Report every year, at $80, due on or before March 31. The Connecticut filing window opens January 1 and closes March 31. From year two, keeping the Connecticut registration costs $229 a year with our registered agent service.

How long Connecticut takes

We file it online with the Connecticut Secretary of the State. Paid speed-ups: expedite $50; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving Connecticut later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal (no state fee). Until that is filed, Connecticut's yearly filing stays due.