Foreign registration · Form LLC 4

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Missouri

Missouri registers an LLC from Virginia as a foreign LLC on Form LLC 4, with $105 in state fees. Missouri also asks for Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division using your Virginia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Virginia and Missouri each ask for

	Virginia formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration	Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$6	$105 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed with Missouri
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	sos.mo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	No annual report
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

How Virginia companies register with Missouri

Order the Virginia certificate
The Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6) is ordered from Virginia separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. An instant Virginia certificate reaches Missouri only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form LLC 4
It names us as your Missouri registered agent, with your Virginia name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Virginia delays the Missouri filing. After approval, your Virginia LLC is registered with Missouri.

First-year cost, Virginia to Missouri

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, paid to Virginia	$6
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Virginia certificate included	$310

Will your Virginia name work for Missouri?

We check your exact Virginia name against Missouri's records before filing.

Your Missouri agent and the Virginia one

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

Yearly filings: Missouri and Virginia

Virginia wants the Annual Registration Fee every year ($50); Missouri has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Missouri

A corporation formed in Virginia files Form Corp 42 with Missouri ($155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($6)). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Missouri company in Virginia

An LLC formed in Missouri that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10) dated within one year. See that filing.

Common questions: Virginia to Missouri

Does my Virginia company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once a Virginia business operates there; Missouri law lists 7 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$304 at checkout plus $6 to Virginia for the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, $310 in all (checkout is $105 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Missouri wants Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Missouri?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Virginia's report ($50) and no Missouri yearly report.

What if I don't register with Missouri?

A Virginia company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Missouri LLC instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Missouri yearly report, and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

Virginia companies leave by filing a Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the Missouri registration and Virginia's filings stay in place.

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