Foreign registration · Form FA

Kentucky LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, an LLC formed in Kentucky registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Kentucky: no Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Kentucky records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Kentucky and Kansas side by side

	Kentucky formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Kentucky Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$10	$115 at order
How it is handled	Kentucky: online as a printable certificate, or by mail or fax	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Kentucky Secretary of State, Division of Business Filings	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	web.sos.ky.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due	On or before June 30	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Kentucky registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Kentucky companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It names us as your Kansas resident agent, with your Kentucky name and formation date. No Kentucky paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. After approval, your Kentucky LLC is registered with Kansas.

Your Kentucky name and Kansas's rules

We search Kansas's records for Kentucky's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Kansas agent and the Kentucky one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; Kentucky says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Kentucky; ours takes Kansas's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Kentucky and Kansas

Kentucky wants the Annual Report every year ($15); Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Kentucky to Kansas

A corporation formed in Kentucky files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and Kansas's Business Entity Information Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a Kansas company in Kentucky

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with Kentucky files Form FBE with $90 in state fees; no Kansas certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Kentucky owners ask about Kansas

Does my Kentucky company need to register in Kansas?

Yes, once a Kentucky business operates there; Kansas law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register a Kentucky LLC in Kansas?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Kentucky.

Do I need Kentucky's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Kentucky and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Kentucky's report ($15) and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

A Kentucky company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Kentucky registered agent stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

Yes, but Kentucky keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Information Report ($90), and the original keeps Kentucky's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Kentucky companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business ($30); until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Kentucky's filings.

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