North Dakota Foreign LLC Certificate of Authority

North Dakota LLC certificate of authority at a glance

Filing

Foreign Business Limited Liability Company Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)

State fee

$135 filing fee

Total with us

$334, first year of North Dakota registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Required

North Dakota yearly filing

Annual Report, $50, every year

Filed with

North Dakota Secretary of State

What the North Dakota filing asks for

For the filing, North Dakota needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed, with an ending North Dakota accepts: the words limited liability company, or LLC or L.L.C.
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A North Dakota registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address
• A certificate of good standing from the home state

LLC into North Dakota, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $334 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

When North Dakota expects an LLC to register

A one-off transaction completed within 30 days, and not one of a series, does not count as doing business in North Dakota. Owning property there, without more, is not doing business either. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in North Dakota without registering

North Dakota penalties for unregistered business: a civil penalty of up to $5,000. A North Dakota court can order the LLC to stop doing business there until it registers.

North Dakota registered agent rule

North Dakota requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. A resigning agent stays responsible for 31 days after filing the resignation. Our $199 includes the first year of North Dakota registered agent service, then $149 a year.

North Dakota yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the North Dakota Annual Report every year, at $50, due November 15. Filing it late adds $50. From year two, keeping the North Dakota registration costs $199 a year with our registered agent service.

How long North Dakota takes

We file it online with the North Dakota Secretary of State.

Leaving North Dakota later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing an Application for withdrawal of a foreign limited liability company. Until that is filed, North Dakota's yearly filing stays due.