Foreign registration · Form FA

Michigan LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

Kansas registers an LLC from Michigan as a foreign LLC on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Michigan: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Michigan records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Michigan and Kansas each ask for

	Michigan formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$10	$115 at order
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	michigan.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Statement, $25, every year	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due	February 15	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Michigan companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It lists us as your Kansas resident agent, next to your Michigan name and formation date. No Michigan paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. Once Kansas approves it, the Michigan company can do business there.

Will your Michigan name work for Kansas?

We check your exact Michigan name against Kansas's records before filing.

Your Kansas agent and the Michigan one

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

Yearly filings: Kansas and Michigan

Michigan wants the Annual Statement every year ($25); Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Michigan to Kansas

A corporation formed in Michigan files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 ($25) and Kansas's Business Entity Information Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: Kansas into Michigan

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 760 with $50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions Michigan owners ask about Kansas

Does my Michigan company need to register in Kansas?

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

How much does the Kansas registration cost?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Michigan.

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Michigan's report ($25) and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

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

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

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

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