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An out-of-state LLC in Idaho

If your out-of-state LLC does business in Idaho, it registers with the Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services for a fee of $100.

Do you need to register?

That depends on what the LLC does in Idaho, and Idaho’s statute is the authority. The law behind it, from the state’s own sources: Idaho Code 30-21-505, activities that are not doing business; Idaho Code 30-21-213, annual report. If the answer is not clear, a Idaho attorney can say.

If you register: what to bring

  • The application: Foreign Registration Statement
  • Filed with: Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
  • Fee: $100
  • Paper from your formation state: Certificate of existence (certificate of good standing) from the home state, no older than 90 days
  • A local agent: A registered agent in Idaho

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Idaho (2026)

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

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $100 state fee = $299; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
  2. 2. ID Registered Agent.org $199 + the $100 state fee = $299; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
  3. 3. Idaho Registered Agent.co $199 + the $100 state fee = $299; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

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

Where Idaho sits

9th cheapest of 50 at $100, in the band $100 to $149. It is one of 36 states that want paper from the formation state.

Idaho questions

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

Idaho registers foreign LLCs through the Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services. Whether your activity requires it is set by Idaho’s statute, linked below; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $100.

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

Foreign Registration Statement, with Certificate of existence (certificate of good standing) from the home state, no older than 90 days.

What does it keep up afterward?

Annual report (Idaho Secretary of State, no fee), no fee (due: before the end of the month in which the LLC registered), and a registered agent in the state.

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