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An out-of-state LLC in Arkansas

If your out-of-state LLC does business in Arkansas, it registers with the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services for a fee of $270.

Do you need to register?

That depends on what the LLC does in Arkansas, and Arkansas’s statute is the authority. The law behind it, from the state’s own sources: Act 1041 of 2021, Uniform LLC Act (PDF). If the answer is not clear, a Arkansas attorney can say.

If you register: what to bring

  • The application: Form FL-01, Application for Certificate of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company
  • Filed with: Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services
  • Fee: $270. $270 filed online; $300 on paper.
  • Paper from your formation state: Certificate of existence (good standing) from the home state, no older than 30 days
  • A local agent: A registered agent in Arkansas

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Arkansas (2026)

Handing the Arkansas registration to a service? In order of our preference.

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $270 state fee = $469; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
  2. 2. AR Registered Agent.org $199 + the $270 state fee = $469; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
  3. 3. Arkansas Registered Agent.co $199 + the $270 state fee = $469; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

Service prices from each provider’s Arkansas page, read October 29, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services.

Where Arkansas sits

43rd cheapest of 50 at $270, in the band $250 to $499. It is one of 36 states that want paper from the formation state.

Arkansas questions

Does an out-of-state LLC have to register in Arkansas?

Arkansas registers foreign LLCs through the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services. Whether your activity requires it is set by Arkansas’s statute, linked below; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $270.

What does an out-of-state LLC file in Arkansas?

Form FL-01, Application for Certificate of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company, with Certificate of existence (good standing) from the home state, no older than 30 days.

What does it keep up afterward?

Annual LLC franchise tax report (Arkansas Secretary of State), $150 (due: may 1), and a registered agent in the state.

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