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An out-of-state LLC in Missouri

If your out-of-state LLC does business in Missouri, it registers with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division for a fee of $105.

Do you need to register?

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

If you register: what to bring

  • The application: Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
  • Filed with: Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
  • Fee: $105. $105 for a foreign LLC, online or on paper (the $50 online rate is for Missouri LLCs only).
  • Paper from your formation state: Certificate of good standing/existence from the home state, no older than 60 days
  • A local agent: A registered agent in Missouri

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Missouri (2026)

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

  1. 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $105 state fee = $304; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
  2. 2. MO Registered Agent.org $199 + the $105 state fee = $304; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
  3. 3. Missouri Registered Agent.co $199 + the $105 state fee = $304; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

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

Where Missouri sits

19th cheapest of 50 at $105, in the band $100 to $149. It is one of 36 states that want paper from the formation state.

Missouri questions

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

Missouri registers foreign LLCs through the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division. Whether your activity requires it is set by Missouri’s statute; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $105.

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

Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company, with Certificate of good standing/existence from the home state, no older than 60 days.

What does it keep up afterward?

None (Missouri has no annual report for LLCs), no fee, and a registered agent in the state.

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