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An out-of-state LLC in Kansas

If your out-of-state LLC does business in Kansas, it registers with the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division for a fee of $115.

Do you need to register?

That depends on what the LLC does in Kansas, and Kansas’s statute is the authority. Start with the Kansas filing page. If the answer is not clear, a Kansas attorney can say.

If you register: what to bring

Best 2 Foreign Registration Services in Kansas (2026)

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

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $115 state fee = $314; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
  2. 2. KS Registered Agent.org $199 + the $115 state fee = $314; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

Service prices from each provider’s Kansas page, read October 29, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Only one registered-agent brand on our list serves Kansas, so this list has two entries.

Where Kansas sits

22nd cheapest of 50 at $115, in the band $100 to $149. It does not ask an LLC for paper from the formation state, unlike 36 others.

Kansas questions

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

Kansas registers foreign LLCs through the Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Whether your activity requires it is set by Kansas’s statute; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $115.

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

Form FA, Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business.

What does it keep up afterward?

Information Report (Kansas Secretary of State), every two years, $90 (due: april 15, every second year), and a resident agent in the state.

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