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Indiana LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

To do business in South Dakota, an LLC formed in Indiana registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Indiana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Indiana and South Dakota side by side

	Indiana formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$750 at order
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

How Indiana companies register with South Dakota

Order the Indiana certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($15) is ordered from Indiana separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Indiana certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your South Dakota registered agent, next to your Indiana name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Indiana's certificate is in hand, South Dakota's filing goes in. After approval, your Indiana LLC is registered with South Dakota.

South Dakota costs for Indiana companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Existence, paid to Indiana	$15
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Indiana certificate included	$964

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your Indiana name and South Dakota's rules

South Dakota accepts your Indiana name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Indiana name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another South Dakota company uses the Indiana name, an alternate name is allowed. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: South Dakota and Indiana

Indiana and South Dakota both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Indiana; ours takes South Dakota's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: South Dakota and Indiana

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year ($55). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Indiana files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($15)). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in Indiana

An LLC formed in South Dakota that registers with Indiana files State Form 56369 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Indiana owners ask about South Dakota

Does my Indiana company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once an Indiana business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register an Indiana LLC in South Dakota?

$949 at checkout plus $15 to Indiana for the Certificate of Existence, $964 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once Indiana's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and South Dakota?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and South Dakota's report ($55).

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota accept my Indiana name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Indiana name at home. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Indiana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps Indiana's Business Entity Report.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

Indiana companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside Indiana's filings.

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