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Foreign registration · Form FA

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

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

Minnesota and Kansas side by side

	Minnesota formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$5	$115 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due	December 31	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Minnesota companies register with Kansas

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

Your Minnesota name and Kansas's rules

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

Agents: Kansas and Minnesota

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

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and Kansas

Minnesota wants the Annual Renewal every year (no fee); Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Kansas

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

The other way: Kansas into Minnesota

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $205 in state fees; no Kansas certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Kansas

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Kansas?

Yes, once a Minnesota 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 Minnesota.

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Minnesota's report (no fee) and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

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

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

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

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