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Foreign registration · Form LLC 4

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Missouri

Missouri registers an LLC from Minnesota as a foreign LLC on Form LLC 4, with $105 in state fees. Missouri also asks for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Minnesota and Missouri each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$5	$105 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 with Missouri
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.mo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	No annual report
Due	December 31
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Missouri

Order the Minnesota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from Minnesota separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. An instant Minnesota certificate reaches Missouri only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form LLC 4
It names us as your Missouri registered agent, with your Minnesota name and formation date and the certificate attached. Minnesota issues the certificate instantly, so the Missouri filing can go in the same day. Once Missouri approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Missouri costs for Minnesota companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Minnesota	$5
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Minnesota certificate included	$309

Will your Minnesota name work for Missouri?

We check your exact Minnesota name against Missouri's records before filing.

Agents: Missouri and Minnesota

Minnesota and Missouri both call it a registered agent. Missouri papers come to us; Minnesota's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Missouri and Minnesota

Minnesota wants the Annual Renewal every year (no fee); Missouri has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Missouri

A corporation formed in Minnesota files Form Corp 42 with Missouri ($155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Missouri company in Minnesota

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

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Missouri

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once a Minnesota business operates there; Missouri law lists 7 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Missouri registration cost?

$304 at checkout plus $5 to Minnesota for the Certificate of Good Standing, $309 in all (checkout is $105 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Missouri wants it ($5), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Missouri?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Minnesota's report (no fee) and no Missouri yearly report.

What if I don't register with Missouri?

A Minnesota company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Missouri LLC instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Missouri yearly report, and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing a Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the Missouri registration and Minnesota's filings stay in place.

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