Indiana Foreign LLC Registration: State Form 56369

Indiana LLC registration at a glance

Filing

State Form 56369, Foreign Registration Statement

State fee

$105 filing fee

Total with us

$304, first year of Indiana registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Required, dated within 60 days

Indiana yearly filing

Business Entity Report, $32, every two years

Filed with

Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division

What State Form 56369 asks for

For State Form 56369, Indiana needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Indiana 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 60 days when Indiana receives it

LLC into Indiana, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $304 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

When Indiana expects an LLC to register

Indiana law lists 12 activities that do not, on their own, count as doing business in Indiana (IC 23-0.5-5-5); the list gives examples and is not the full test. A one-off transaction completed within 30 days, and not one of a series, does not count either. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in Indiana without registering

An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in Indiana courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. Indiana penalties for unregistered business: a civil penalty of up to $10,000. The Indiana attorney general can ask a court to stop the LLC doing business there until it registers.

Indiana registered agent rule

Indiana requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Indiana allows an individual, a general partnership, a domestic filing entity or a registered foreign entity to serve. The agent needs a street address in Indiana. The agent must agree to serve before Indiana accepts the appointment. Switching agents later carries no Indiana fee. Our $199 includes the first year of Indiana registered agent service, then $149 a year.

Indiana yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the Indiana Business Entity Report every two years, at $32, due last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years. The Indiana filing window opens 90 days before the anniversary month and closes last day of the anniversary month.

How long Indiana takes

We file State Form 56369 with the Indiana Secretary of State.

Leaving Indiana later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Statement of Withdrawal. Until that is filed, Indiana's yearly filing stays due.