Missouri foreign LLC fees, from first filing to exit

Missouri charges $105 to register a foreign LLC, no yearly fee after that, and $25 to cancel when the company leaves. The $105 is the statute's $100 plus a $5 technology add-on that the same statute makes temporary. We add $199 for preparing and filing Form LLC 4, and checkout lists our fee and the state's separately.

Every Missouri fee a foreign LLC meets

Filing	Form	Fee
Registration of a foreign LLC	Form LLC 4	$105
Amendment of the registration	Form LLC 14	$25
Change of registered office or agent	Form Corp 59	$10
Cancellation of the registration	Form LLC 8	$25
Annual report	Not required for LLCs	No fee

The amendment fee covers an amended certificate of registration after a change of the LLC's name or its home state. The Secretary of State's FAQ says LLCs file no annual report.

First filing fees for other entity types

Entity	Fee	Basis
Business corporation	$155	$150 statute fee plus the schedule's add-on
Nonprofit corporation	$25	$20 statute fee plus the add-on
Limited partnership	$105	$100 statute fee plus $5

A limited liability partnership registers under a different formula: the statute charges $25 per partner, up to $100, with a further $5 added to each filing. The LLP total depends on the number of partners, so it is quoted when you order.

How the $105 is built

Section 347.179 of the statutes lists the fees the Secretary of State collects for limited liability companies, and a foreign LLC's application for registration is $100. Amendments, cancellations and merger notices are $20 each, and a change of address of the registered office or agent is $5. A separate section lets the office collect an additional $5 on every fee in the chapter and credits it to a technology trust fund. Add it to each base amount and you have the schedule: $105, $25, $25 and $10.

The add-on is scheduled to lapse

The section that allows the $5 add-on says that it expires on December 31, 2026. The same expiry sits in the limited partnership chapter. If the General Assembly does not extend it, the statute's own amounts become the whole fee from the first day of the following year, and the foreign LLC fee would be $100 rather than $105. We show the schedule's $105 and confirm the current fee when we file.

Worked totals

Situation	Missouri fees	How it adds up
Register and stay	$105	$105, no yearly fee
Register, amend once, cancel	$155	$105 + $25 + $25
Register, then change the agent	$115	$105 + $10
Delaware-formed LLC, first year with its home tax	$505	$105 + $400
Delaware LLC with its good standing certificate	$155	$105 + $50
Wyoming LLC, first year with annual minimum	$165	$105 + $60
Register after the fine has been imposed	$1,105	$1,000 minimum fine + $105

Why the costs are all up front

Missouri's costs are all up front. An LLC pays $105 once and then nothing on a schedule, because the state asks no annual report of it. The costs that vary are the agent, the certificate and whatever the home state charges: a Delaware LLC still owes Delaware's $400 tax.

What the schedule does not include

Only filings with the Secretary of State are priced on the schedule. Agent fees and the home state's certificate charge sit outside it, and so do Missouri taxes: the statute itself says its excluded-activities list does not settle who is taxed or served under other laws. Our own charge covers preparation and submission only, and it is not a state fee and never reduces one.

What our fee covers

For $199 we build Form LLC 4 from your answers, date the certificate against the sixty-day limit, check the agent and office, gather the signature and submit the filing. You can use us as your Missouri registered agent or name someone else on the order. To compare with filing alone, read the self-filing page.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Cost questions

Why is the online rate lower for Missouri LLCs?

The reduced online rate on the schedule is for forming a Missouri LLC. A foreign LLC pays the registration fee in full.

Does the certificate of good standing cost extra?

The home state charges for its own certificate. Missouri does not charge for the one you bring.

Will the fee change?

It may. The add-on that makes up part of the $105 is due to lapse, as explained above.

What is the fee for an agent change?

$10 on a statement of change, Form Corp 59.

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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