Iowa Foreign LLC Registration: Form 635_0010

Iowa LLC registration at a glance

Filing

Form 635_0010, Limited Liability Company Foreign Registration Statement

State fee

$100 filing fee

Total with us

$299, first year of Iowa registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Required, dated within 90 days

Iowa yearly filing

Biennial Report, $30, every two years

Filed with

Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services

What Form 635_0010 asks for

For Form 635_0010, Iowa needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed, or an alternate name if that name is taken there
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Iowa 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 Iowa receives it

LLC into Iowa, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $299 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

When Iowa expects an LLC to register

Iowa law lists 11 activities that do not, on their own, count as doing business in Iowa (Iowa Code 489.905). An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in Iowa without registering

An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in Iowa courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. A Iowa court can order the LLC to stop doing business there until it registers.

Iowa registered agent rule

Iowa requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Switching agents later carries no Iowa fee. Our $199 includes the first year of Iowa registered agent service, then $149 a year.

Iowa yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the Iowa Biennial Report every two years, at $30, due April 1 of odd-numbered years. The Iowa filing window opens January 1 of the odd-numbered year and closes April 1 of the odd-numbered year.

How long Iowa takes

We file Form 635_0010 with the Iowa Secretary of State. Paid speed-ups: 5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving Iowa later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Statement of Withdrawal ($10). Until that is filed, Iowa's yearly filing stays due.