Minnesota

Foreign registration · no form number

Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Minnesota

To do business in Minnesota, an LLC formed in Illinois registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $205 in state fees. Minnesota asks nothing of Illinois here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Illinois records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Illinois and Minnesota each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Minnesota registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Minnesota (no form number)
State fee	$25	$205 at order (filing fee $185 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with Minnesota
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.mn.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	December 31
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Minnesota registered agent

From Illinois to Minnesota, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Minnesota registered agent, with your Illinois name and formation date. No Illinois paperwork holds up the Minnesota filing. Once Minnesota approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

Will your Illinois name work for Minnesota?

We check your exact Illinois name against Minnesota's records before filing.

Agents: Minnesota and Illinois

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

Yearly filings: Minnesota and Illinois

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Minnesota comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Minnesota

A corporation formed in Illinois files its own registration with Minnesota ($220 in state fees). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Minnesota's Annual Renewal ($115). See the corporation filing.

Common questions: Illinois to Minnesota

Does my Illinois company need to register in Minnesota?

Yes, once an Illinois business operates there; Minnesota law lists 8 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register an Illinois LLC in Minnesota?

$404 at checkout, with nothing to pay Illinois.

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

No, Minnesota takes the registration without it.

How long does the Minnesota registration take?

Minnesota's online processing takes 2 to 5 business days; nothing comes from Illinois first.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Minnesota?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and nothing to Minnesota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Minnesota?

An Illinois company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Minnesota require a registered agent?

Yes: the Illinois registered agent stays, and ours covers Minnesota for year one.

Can I form a new Minnesota LLC instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee), and the original keeps Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Minnesota later?

Illinois companies leave by filing an Application for Withdrawal of a Foreign Limited Liability Company ($35); until then, Minnesota's report stays due alongside Illinois's filings.

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