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Missouri LLC Foreign Registration in Vermont

An LLC formed in Missouri that wants to do business in Vermont files an online registration (no form number), with $155 in state fees. Vermont also wants Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing ($10), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Missouri records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Missouri and Vermont each ask for

	Missouri formed here	Vermont registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration (Register a Foreign Business Online) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$155 at order
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed online with Vermont
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.mo.gov	sos.vermont.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report, $170, every year
Due		Within 3 months after end of the foreign LLC's fiscal year on record
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our Vermont registered agent

How Missouri companies register with Vermont

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

First-year cost, Missouri to Vermont

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$155
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Missouri	$10
Our service, with a year of Vermont registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Missouri certificate included	$364

Will your Missouri name work for Vermont?

If Vermont's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Missouri company. Vermont can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Vermont agent and the Missouri one

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

Yearly filings: Vermont and Missouri

Missouri has no annual report for LLCs; Vermont wants the Annual Report every year ($170). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to Vermont

A corporation formed in Missouri files its own registration with Vermont ($155 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10)). After that come Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15) and Vermont's Annual Report ($250). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Vermont into Missouri

An LLC formed in Vermont that registers with Missouri files Form LLC 4 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($35) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Missouri owners ask about Vermont

Does my Missouri company need to register in Vermont?

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

How much does it cost to register a Missouri LLC in Vermont?

$354 at checkout plus $10 to Missouri for the Certificate of Good Standing, $364 in all (checkout is $155 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Missouri's certificate of good standing?

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

How long does the Vermont registration take?

Vermont's online processing takes less than one business day, once Missouri's certificate is in hand.

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and Vermont?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Missouri yearly report and Vermont's report ($170).

What if I don't register with Vermont?

A Missouri company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Vermont can add a penalty of $50 a day, up to $10,000 a year.

Does Vermont require a registered agent?

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

Will Vermont 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 Vermont LLC instead?

Yes, but Missouri keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Vermont's Annual Report ($45), and Missouri has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Vermont later?

Missouri companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Vermont's report stays due alongside Missouri's filings.

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