New York LLC Certificate of Authority: Form DOS-1361-f-a

New York LLC certificate of authority at a glance

Filing

Form DOS-1361-f-a, Application for Authority of a Foreign Limited Liability Company

State fee

$250 filing fee

Total with us

$449, first year of New York registered agent service included

Standard processing

7 business days

Home-state certificate

Required, dated within one year

New York yearly filing

Biennial Statement, $9, every two years

Filed with

New York Department of State, Division of Corporations

What Form DOS-1361-f-a asks for

For Form DOS-1361-f-a, New York needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A New York registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address
• A certificate of good standing from the home state, no older than one year when New York receives it

LLC into New York, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $449 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

If you do business in New York without registering

An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in New York courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. Members and managers do not become personally liable just because the LLC skipped registration. The New York attorney general can ask a court to stop the LLC doing business there until it registers. With no registered agent on file, legal papers can be served through the New York Department of State.

New York registered agent rule

New York requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Our $199 includes the first year of New York registered agent service, then $149 a year.

New York yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the New York Biennial Statement every two years, at $9, due during the calendar month in which the Application for Authority was filed, every 2 years.

How long New York takes

We file Form DOS-1361-f-a with the New York Department of State. New York standard processing: 7 business days. Paid speed-ups: 24-hour $25, same-day $75, 2-hour $150; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving New York later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Certificate of Surrender of Authority of a Foreign Limited Liability Company. Until that is filed, New York's yearly filing stays due.