North Dakota Foreign Registration / Costs

What it costs a foreign LLC to register and stay registered in North Dakota

Registering a foreign LLC in North Dakota costs $135, the annual report is $50, and withdrawing costs $20. Preparing and filing costs $199 from us, shown as its own line at checkout.

State charges for a foreign LLC

Item	Amount
Certificate of authority application, foreign LLC	$135
Amendment of the certificate of authority	$50
Annual report	$50
Late fee when the report is overdue	$50
Reinstatement fee after revocation	$135
Statement of change of registered agent	$10
Trade name registration (five years)	$25
Application for withdrawal	$20

Any other statement or report filed for a foreign LLC carries a $10 fee.

Other entity types

Entity	Registration	Amendment	Withdrawal
Foreign corporation	$145	$40	$20
Nonprofit corporation formed elsewhere	$50	Ask us	Ask us
Foreign limited partnership	$110	$40	$25
Foreign limited liability partnership	$60	$25	$10

A nonprofit LLC pays $40 to register. Each of these entities also has its own annual report, covered on the report page. The corporation page has the corporate detail.

Sample totals

Scenario	State charges	Sum
Register an LLC	$135	The application alone
Register, then file the first report	$185	$135 + $50
Register, then two reports	$235	$135 + 2 x $50
Register under a trade name	$160	$135 + $25
Register, then change the agent	$145	$135 + $10
Register, then withdraw	$155	$135 + $20
Register, one report, then withdraw	$205	$135 + $50 + $20
A report filed after November 15	$100	$50 + $50
Delaware LLC: registration and its Delaware tax	$535	$135 + $400
Wyoming LLC: registration and its minimum	$195	$135 + $60
Foreign corporation, one report	$170	$145 + $25

Costs that come from the home state

The application needs a certificate of good standing or existence from the formation state, and each state sets its own price for it. Delaware, for one, charges $50 for a certificate of good standing. Wyoming charges $0. Later, North Dakota's own good standing certificate for an LLC it has authorized costs $20.

What the first year looks like

In the first year the LLC pays the application fee. No report falls due that same year, since the first one does not fall due until the year after registration. After that it pays $50 every year by November 15. An agent, if you hire one, is a separate charge from whoever you hire, and the state itself charges $10 when you change one.

Fees for changes along the way

A change to the filing carries its own state fee. An amended certificate costs $50 when the LLC changes its name or purposes, or finds that a statement in the application was false when made, and a name change needs a home-state certificate confirming it. A change of registered agent costs $10. A trade name is $25, and withdrawing is $20. Add whichever of these apply to the totals above.

Why the yearly cost matters more than the entry cost

You pay the application fee one time. The report fee returns each year, and across a long stretch it outweighs the application. A company that has little North Dakota business may decide that the registration is not worth keeping and withdraw for $20. The withdrawal page describes what that application states and what stays behind.

What our fee covers

The $199 we charge pays for turning your answers into the application, reviewing the certificate and the agent against the statute, and sending the filing through the state portal. A North Dakota agent from us is part of the price for the first twelve months, renewal terms at checkout. Our price does not reduce any state charge. Doing the filing yourself is described on the self-filing page.

What the fee list leaves out

These charges do not include lawyer or accountant time, your home state's charges, a commercial agent's fee, or North Dakota taxes. The statute that sets the transacting business test says it does not decide questions of taxation or other regulation. Ask an accountant how North Dakota sales tax applies to you before you assume anything, since the state lists a liability to collect sales tax as one sign of doing business.

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.

Fee questions

Is there a fee besides the registration fee?

Possibly the home-state certificate, a trade name at $25, and the annual report.

What does a late annual report cost?

$50 on top of the $50 report.

Does a corporation pay the same?

No. A foreign corporation pays $145 and a $25 report.

How much is it to leave?

$20 for an LLC and $20 for a corporation.

What registering here costs

The state fee for an LLC is $135; a corporation pays $145. Our price is a separate line at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Register my LLC in North Dakota

$199

+ $135 state fee

The North Dakota application prepared from your answers
The home-state certificate checked against what the state asks for
A North Dakota registered agent from us, or one you name
The filed record sent to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year