Foreign registration · Form 635_0010

Missouri LLC Foreign Registration in Iowa

An LLC formed in Missouri that wants to do business in Iowa files Form 635_0010, with $100 in state fees. Iowa also wants Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing ($10), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Missouri records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Missouri and Iowa each ask for

	Missouri formed here	Iowa registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing	Form 635_0010, Limited Liability Company Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed with Iowa
Paid expedite		5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.mo.gov	sos.iowa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	No annual report	Biennial Report, $30, every two years
Due		April 1 of odd-numbered years
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our Iowa registered agent

How Missouri companies register with Iowa

Order the Missouri certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($10) is ordered from Missouri separately; it is not part of our Iowa order. Iowa accepts it within 90 days of Missouri's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 635_0010
It lists us as your Iowa registered agent, next to your Missouri name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Missouri's certificate is in hand, Iowa's filing goes in. Once Iowa approves it, the Missouri company can do business there.

First-year cost, Missouri to Iowa

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Missouri	$10
Our service, with a year of Iowa registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Missouri certificate included	$309

Iowa's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Missouri name work for Iowa?

If Iowa's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Missouri company. We search Iowa's records for Missouri's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Iowa and Missouri

Missouri and Iowa both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Missouri; ours takes Iowa's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Missouri and Iowa

Missouri has no annual report for LLCs; Iowa wants the Biennial Report every two years ($30). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to Iowa

A corporation formed in Missouri files Form 635_0110A with Iowa ($100 in state fees, the same). After that come Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15) and Iowa's Biennial Report ($60). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Iowa company in Missouri

An LLC formed in Iowa that registers with Missouri files Form LLC 4 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Missouri owners ask about Iowa

Does my Missouri company need to register in Iowa?

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

How much does the Iowa registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $10 to Missouri for the Certificate of Good Standing, $309 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Missouri's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Iowa wants it ($10), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and Iowa?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Missouri yearly report and Iowa's report ($30, every two years).

What if I don't register with Iowa?

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

Does Iowa require a registered agent?

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

Will Iowa accept my Missouri name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Missouri name at home.

Can I form a new Iowa LLC instead?

Yes, but Missouri keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Iowa's Biennial Report ($30), and Missouri has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Iowa later?

Missouri companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal ($10); until then, Iowa's report stays due alongside Missouri's filings.

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