Foreign registration · Form FA

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, an LLC formed in Massachusetts registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas asks nothing of Massachusetts here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Massachusetts records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Massachusetts and Kansas each ask for

	Massachusetts formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$25	$115 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Kansas resident agent

From Massachusetts to Kansas, step by step

We prepare and file Form FA
It lists us as your Kansas resident agent, next to your Massachusetts name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Massachusetts first, so the Kansas filing can go in right away. After approval, your Massachusetts LLC is registered with Kansas.

Will your Massachusetts name work for Kansas?

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

Agents: Kansas and Massachusetts

Massachusetts and Kansas both call it a resident agent. Kansas papers come to us; Massachusetts's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Massachusetts and Kansas

Massachusetts wants the Limited Liability Company Annual Report every year ($520); Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Kansas

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Kansas's Business Entity Information Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: Kansas into Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about Kansas

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Kansas?

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

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

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Massachusetts.

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Massachusetts's report ($520) and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

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

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

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

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