South Carolina

Foreign registration · Form FA

South Carolina LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

Kansas registers an LLC from South Carolina as a foreign LLC on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from South Carolina: no Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your South Carolina records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

South Carolina vs Kansas: the paperwork

	South Carolina formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	South Carolina Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$10	$115 at order
How it is handled	South Carolina: online	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	South Carolina Secretary of State	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	businessfilings.sc.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due		15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your South Carolina agent for service of process	Our Kansas resident agent

How South Carolina companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It lists us as your Kansas resident agent, next to your South Carolina name and formation date. No South Carolina paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. Once Kansas approves it, the South Carolina company can do business there.

Will your South Carolina name work for Kansas?

We check your exact South Carolina name against Kansas's records before filing.

Your Kansas agent and the South Carolina one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; South Carolina says agent for service of process. Kansas papers come to us; South Carolina's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in South Carolina and Kansas

South Carolina has no annual report for LLCs; Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, South Carolina to Kansas

A corporation formed in South Carolina files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come South Carolina's Annual Report (Schedule D of Form SC1120 / SC1120S) and Kansas's Business Entity Information Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: Kansas into South Carolina

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with South Carolina files Form F0008 with $110 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions South Carolina owners ask about Kansas

Does my South Carolina company need to register in Kansas?

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

How much does the Kansas registration cost?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay South Carolina.

Do I need South Carolina's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for South Carolina and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), no South Carolina yearly report and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

A South Carolina company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Carolina agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

Yes, but South Carolina keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Information Report ($90), and South Carolina has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

South Carolina companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business ($30); until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside South Carolina's filings.

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