Indiana

Foreign registration · no form number

Indiana LLC Foreign Registration in Washington

To do business in Washington, an LLC formed in Indiana registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Washington also asks for Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division using your Indiana records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Indiana and Washington each ask for

	Indiana formed here	Washington registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence	Foreign Registration Statement (Profit types) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$200 at order (filing fee $180 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed online with Washington
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	sos.wa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Annual Report, $70, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years	Last day of the month of WA registration
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Washington registered agent

How Indiana companies register with Washington

Order the Indiana certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($15) is ordered from Indiana separately; it is not part of our Washington order. Washington accepts it within 60 days of Indiana's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Washington registered agent, with your Indiana name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Indiana certificate comes first; then the Washington filing goes in. Once Washington approves it, the Indiana company can do business there.

First-year cost, Indiana to Washington

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$200
Certificate of Existence, paid to Indiana	$15
Our service, with a year of Washington registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Indiana certificate included	$414

Your Indiana name and Washington's rules

Washington can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Agents: Washington and Indiana

Indiana and Washington both call it a registered agent. Washington papers come to us; Indiana's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Washington and Indiana

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); Washington wants the Annual Report every year ($70). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to Washington

A corporation formed in Indiana files its own registration with Washington ($200 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($15)). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Washington company in Indiana

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

Questions Indiana owners ask about Washington

Does my Indiana company need to register in Washington?

Yes, once an Indiana business operates there; Washington law lists 13 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Washington registration cost?

$399 at checkout plus $15 to Indiana for the Certificate of Existence, $414 in all (checkout is $200 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Washington wants Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Washington?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Washington's report ($70).

Does Washington require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Washington LLC instead?

Yes, but Indiana keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Washington's Annual Report ($70), and the original keeps Indiana's Business Entity Report.

How do I withdraw from Washington later?

Indiana companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal (no state fee); until then, Washington's report stays due alongside Indiana's filings.

What does a Washington company file to register in Indiana?

It files State Form 56369 with $105 in state fees, plus Washington's good standing certificate.

Official sources

People also search

LLC into Washington, by home state (48)

Indiana into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation