Missouri Foreign Registration / Form LLC 4

Missouri Form LLC 4, matter by matter

Form LLC 4 is Missouri's Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company, and registration costs $105. The application sets out eight matters, taken in turn below. We prepare it for $199.

The form at a glance

Title: Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
Form: Form LLC 4
Law: RSMo 347.153, 347.155, 347.157 and 347.163
Fee: $105
Filed with: Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Attached: A certificate of existence and a current certificate of good standing, dated within 60 days
Signed by: a manager, member or other authorized agent

Matter 1: the name or names

The application sets out the LLC's name and, if it differs, the name under which it proposes to register and transact business in Missouri. The Missouri registration may use any name, whether or not it is the home name, that a domestic Missouri LLC could register. Copy the home name exactly from the formation record. If the home name is taken in Missouri, supply a second name that is available.

Matter 2: place and date of formation

Next come the place and date of formation. Home law governs the LLC's organization, internal affairs and member liability, and a difference between that law and Missouri's cannot be a ground for refusing registration. Use the date from the home formation record, not the date you decided to expand.

Matter 3: the purpose

The statute asks for the purpose of the foreign LLC, or the general character of the business it proposes to transact in Missouri. Describe the Missouri activity in a short phrase, such as the kind of services or goods. If the business will change, it is the Missouri activity that is described, not every business the LLC might ever do.

Matter 4: the registered agent and registered office

The application gives the registered agent's name and the physical address of the registered office, and both carry the same rights and limits as a Missouri LLC's agent and office. The statute lets this be an individual who lives in Missouri and keeps a business office at the registered office, or a Missouri or foreign corporation authorized to do business in Missouri with its business office at the registered office.

Matter 5: the Secretary of State as fallback agent

Built into the application is a clause that routes legal papers to the Secretary of State whenever the LLC has no Missouri agent or the agent cannot be reached with reasonable effort. There is nothing to decide here, but it explains why a lapse in the agent arrangement matters: service then goes to the Secretary of State, who forwards a copy by registered mail to the address on file.

Matter 6: the home office address

One entry is the home-state office address, which the home law dictates, or the principal office where it dictates none. Use the street address that appears on the home record.

Matters 7 and 8: the two certificates

Two papers from the home state go with the application. First is proof that the LLC exists, authenticated by the home official. The second is a current certificate of good standing or existence, which the statute wants dated within sixty calendar days of filing. We check whether one document satisfies both when we prepare your filing. If your state issues two, order both on the same day.

Series LLCs

When the LLC has authorized series under section 347.186, the application provides the same information for each separate series. A series LLC lists each series by name.

The signature

A manager, member or other authorized agent signs the application on the LLC's behalf. Signing is an affirmation, under the penalties of the state's false-declaration law, that the facts stated are true and that the signer has authority to execute the application, so read the finished form against the formation record before anyone signs.

Fee and what happens to the filing

The fee is $105. Accepted filings are returned with a Filed stamp, a copy and the certificate of registration, and the original stays with the state.

What the filing has to meet

The statute sets the bar: a home certificate no more than sixty days old, a name a Missouri LLC could take, an agent and office that fit section 347.030, a signature and the fee. We check each one before we file.

How we prepare Form LLC 4

You send the company details
Names, formation state and date, the business purpose and the addresses.
We date the certificate
It must be within 60 days of filing.
We complete the form
Checked against the statute's list.
Your signer reviews it
The statements stay with them.
We file it
The state fee is $105.

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.

Form questions

Who signs?

A manager, member or other authorized agent.

Is an operating agreement attached?

It is not on the statute's list.

Can the form be amended later?

Yes, with an amended certificate of registration for $25 when the name or home state changes.

Where do I get the form?

The Secretary of State publishes it online.

We prepare Form LLC 4

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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