Missouri Foreign Registration / From Delaware

How a Delaware LLC gets registered in Missouri

For a Delaware LLC, registering in Missouri costs $105, while Delaware's $400 annual tax carries on beside it: $505 in the first year, with nothing owed to Missouri after that. Missouri wants a Delaware certificate of good standing dated within 60 days, which Delaware sells for $50, bringing the total with the certificate to $155.

Delaware and Missouri side by side

Item	Delaware	Missouri
Yearly charge	$400 annual tax	No annual report, no yearly fee
Deadline	June 1	None
If late	$200 penalty and interest	Not applicable
Certificate	$50 short form	Required, within 60 days
Original filing	Already formed	$105 registration

The Delaware certificate

The statute lists two home papers: an authenticated record of existence and a current certificate of good standing or existence, the latter dated inside sixty calendar days of filing. Delaware sells a short-form good standing certificate at $50 and issues longer forms for more. We check which one fits when we prepare your filing. If the annual tax is unpaid, Delaware will not certify good standing, so settle it first.

Delaware tax comes first

The tax is $400, due June 1 each year, with a $200 penalty if late. Delaware bills any LLC that was active in its records at some point in the year, and it does not prorate. Missouri has no equivalent, so a Delaware LLC working in Missouri pays Delaware every year and Missouri once.

The numbers in one place

Missouri $105 plus Delaware tax $400 is $505. Add the Delaware certificate for $50 and Missouri's share is $155 before the Delaware tax. From year two the Missouri cost is zero and the Delaware tax repeats.

Two agents, one state each

A Delaware LLC already has a Delaware agent, but Missouri needs its own: a local individual, or a company authorized to do business there. The Delaware agent qualifies only if it is also authorized in Missouri.

The name on Form LLC 4

Delaware names carry LLC wording, which meets the Missouri rule that the name be one a Missouri LLC could register. If another Missouri entity already holds the name, the application carries a different Missouri name.

Example: a Delaware LLC with a Kansas City crew

A Delaware LLC sends a crew to Kansas City to run a regular route for a customer. The work repeats, so it is not an isolated transaction, and the LLC registers. It pays the Delaware tax, orders the $50 certificate, names a Kansas City firm as its agent, and files Form LLC 4 for $105. Starting without registering would have risked the fine of at least $1,000.

Keeping both states in order

Delaware's tax is the only recurring item. Missouri asks nothing yearly, so the two states never collide on a calendar. Swapping the Missouri agent later costs $10. A lapse at home can still cause trouble, because the Missouri registration rests on the home certificate, and a later amendment needs a fresh one.

Leaving Missouri

Cancelling is $25 on Form LLC 8. Delaware's charges are unaffected, and the cancellation ends the Missouri registration only; it does not dissolve the LLC or touch the Delaware record. The cancellation page has the steps.

Steps for a Delaware-formed LLC

Pay the Delaware tax
Delaware wants $400 by June 1.
Buy the Delaware certificate
The short form is $50, with a date inside 60 days of filing.
Pick a Missouri agent
A resident or an authorized company with a Missouri office.
Complete Form LLC 4
Delaware as the jurisdiction.
File
$105 to Missouri.

A Delaware corporation in Missouri

A Delaware corporation follows the corporation route: Form Corp 42 at $155 and a corporate registration report each year in Missouri, with Delaware's own annual corporation charges on top. Delaware's franchise tax and report are separate from this site. The Missouri side to start is $155, and with the first electronic report $170.

Timing the Delaware paper against the sixty-day window

Pay the Delaware tax first, order the certificate the same day the tax clears so that it shows good standing, and file in Missouri well inside the sixty days. An older certificate leaves less time for signatures and delays.

What a Delaware LLC should not assume

Delaware is a good home for many companies, but it carries no special status in Missouri. The same statute applies, the same fee, and the same fine for working here without registering. A Delaware LLC cannot treat its Delaware agent as its Missouri agent either, unless that agent also holds Missouri authority and keeps an office in the state.

Delaware LLC questions

Is Delaware's tax part of Missouri's fee?

No. Each state charges its own.

Does Missouri want a Delaware long-form certificate?

Missouri lists an existence paper and a current good standing paper. We check which Delaware document fits when we prepare your filing.

Will I owe Missouri anything each year?

No, not as an LLC.

Our fee and Missouri's

Missouri's fee is $105. We list it apart from our own. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Register in Missouri

$199

+ $105 Missouri fee

Form LLC 4, filled out from what you tell us
The age of your formation-state certificate checked against the 60-day limit
A registered agent and office inside Missouri, provided by us or chosen by you
The registration as filed, handed back to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

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