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Missouri LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

An LLC formed in Missouri that wants to do business in South Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Missouri records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Missouri and South Dakota each ask for

	Missouri formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$750 at order
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	sos.mo.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due		During the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From Missouri to South Dakota, step by step

Order the Missouri certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($10) is ordered from Missouri separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Missouri certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your South Dakota registered agent, next to your Missouri name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Missouri certificate comes first; then the South Dakota filing goes in. After approval, your Missouri LLC is registered with South Dakota.

South Dakota costs for Missouri companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Missouri	$10
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Missouri certificate included	$959

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

Will your Missouri name work for South Dakota?

South Dakota accepts your Missouri name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Missouri name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another South Dakota company uses the Missouri name, an alternate name is allowed. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: South Dakota and Missouri

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

Staying in good standing in Missouri and South Dakota

Missouri has no annual report for LLCs; South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year ($55). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Missouri files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10)). After that come Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: South Dakota into Missouri

An LLC formed in South Dakota that registers with Missouri files Form LLC 4 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Missouri to South Dakota

Does my Missouri company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Missouri business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $10 to Missouri for the Certificate of Good Standing, $959 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Missouri's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants it ($10), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once Missouri's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and South Dakota?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Missouri yearly report and South Dakota's report ($55).

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Missouri keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and Missouri has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

Missouri companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside Missouri's filings.

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