Indiana

Foreign registration · State Form 56369

Michigan LLC Foreign Registration in Indiana

An LLC formed in Michigan that wants to do business in Indiana files State Form 56369, with $105 in state fees. Indiana also wants Michigan's Certificate of Good Standing ($10), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Michigan records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Michigan and Indiana each ask for

	Michigan formed here	Indiana registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing	State Form 56369, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$105 at order
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed with Indiana
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	michigan.gov	in.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Statement, $25, every year	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years
Due	February 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Indiana registered agent

From Michigan to Indiana, step by step

Order the Michigan certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($10) is ordered from Michigan separately; it is not part of our Indiana order. Indiana accepts it within 60 days of Michigan's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file State Form 56369
It lists us as your Indiana registered agent, next to your Michigan name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Michigan certificate comes first; then the Indiana filing goes in. After approval, your Michigan LLC is registered with Indiana.

First-year cost, Michigan to Indiana

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Michigan	$10
Our service, with a year of Indiana registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Michigan certificate included	$314

Your Michigan name and Indiana's rules

We search Indiana's records for Michigan's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Indiana and Michigan

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

Yearly filings: Indiana and Michigan

Michigan wants the Annual Statement every year ($25); Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

Registering an Indiana company in Michigan

An LLC formed in Indiana that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 760 with $50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($15) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Michigan to Indiana

Does my Michigan company need to register in Indiana?

Yes, once a Michigan business operates there; Indiana law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Indiana registration cost?

$304 at checkout plus $10 to Michigan for the Certificate of Good Standing, $314 in all (checkout is $105 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Indiana wants it ($10), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Indiana?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Michigan's report ($25) and Indiana's report ($32, every two years).

What if I don't register with Indiana?

A Michigan company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Indiana can add a civil penalty of up to $10,000.

Does Indiana require a registered agent?

Yes: the Michigan resident agent stays, and ours covers Indiana for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Indiana LLC instead?

Yes, but Michigan keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32), and the original keeps Michigan's Annual Statement.

How do I withdraw from Indiana later?

Michigan companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal; until then, Indiana's report stays due alongside Michigan's filings.

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