Foreign registration · no form number

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

South Dakota registers an LLC from Virginia as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Virginia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Virginia and South Dakota each ask for

	Virginia formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$6	$750 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Online processing: immediately
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From Virginia to South Dakota, step by step

Order the Virginia certificate
The Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6) is ordered from Virginia separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Virginia certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota 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 South Dakota filing. After approval, your Virginia LLC is registered with South Dakota.

First-year cost, Virginia to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, paid to Virginia	$6
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Virginia certificate included	$955

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your Virginia name and South Dakota's rules

South Dakota accepts your Virginia name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Virginia name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Virginia company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the Virginia one

Virginia and South Dakota both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Virginia; ours takes South Dakota's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: South Dakota and Virginia

Each year your LLC files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus South Dakota comes to $254 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Virginia files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($6)). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: South Dakota into Virginia

An LLC formed in South Dakota that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) dated within one year. See that filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about South Dakota

Does my Virginia company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Virginia business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $6 to Virginia for the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, $955 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately; Virginia's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and South Dakota?

$254 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota accept my Virginia name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Virginia name at home. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

Virginia companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside Virginia's filings.

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