Foreign LLC registration in Nevada
Register your out-of-state LLC in Nevada, bundle included
The registration is $75. Nevada also wants a $150 list and a $200 business license with it.
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Answers in
Names, managers, agent.
Bundle assembled
Application, initial list and license.
Filed with the state
With the fees paid in one go.
To register a foreign LLC in Nevada you file the Foreign Limited-Liability Company Application for Registration (NRS 86.544) with the Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division, together with an initial list of managers and a State Business License application, and the state collects $425 in all. Nevada Foreign Registration prepares the whole bundle for $199.
The registration fee looks small, but it is only one of three lines that come due at once. The same list and license then renew every year at $350, so the real cost of doing business in Nevada as an out-of-state LLC is the bundle, not the headline fee.
Nevada Secretary of State
Registration of a Foreign Limited-Liability Company
- Company
- Sample High Desert Partners LLC
- Formed in
- Utah
- Registered agent
- Nevada office
Mock-up using invented names. Your own record lists your company.
- Registration, list and license priced out
- Foreign LLC application prepared
- Nevada agent available
Included in your order
The whole bundle
Registration is $75, but the list and license are due at the same moment.
List included
The manager or member list is drafted with the application.
Annual rhythm
The list and license renew together at $350 a year.
Short questionnaire
Your replies become the filing.
Nevada agent
Our office can be your registered agent in Nevada.
Real replies
Corporations and partnerships get a quote by email.
From order to filed record
Share the company details
Legal name, where and when the LLC was formed, its office address and who manages it.
Settle the Nevada name
If the home name is unavailable in Nevada, the application gives the name the LLC will use here.
Confirm good standing at home
The application states that the LLC is alive and in good standing at home (NRS 86.544(2)(c)), so we confirm that before anyone signs.
We assemble the bundle
Application, initial list and State Business License application, signed by a manager, or by a member if no manager.
Filed and returned
The Secretary of State files the bundle and returns the stamped copies to you.
Nevada registration in one table
- Form
- Foreign Limited-Liability Company Application for Registration (NRS 86.544)
- Filed with
- Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division
- Registration fee
- $75 (NRS 86.561(1)(a))
- Filed at the same time
- Initial list $150, State Business License $200
- State total at filing
- $425
- Home-state certificate
- Not attached; the application carries a good standing declaration instead
- Every year after
- Annual list $150 and license renewal $200, by the end of the anniversary month
- Faster handling
- 24-hour expedite from $25 to $125 depending on the filing; $500 for 2 hours; $1,000 for 1 hour
- Not registering
- A fine of $1,000 to $10,000 for willful failure (NRS 86.548)
What the state collects, and when
| Line | At registration | Each year after |
|---|---|---|
| Registration of a foreign LLC | $75 | Not repeated |
| List of managers or members | $150 | $150 |
| State Business License | $200 | $200 |
| Total | $425 | $350 |
Our charge is $199 on top. The Nevada foreign LLC fees page adds expedite, amendments, cancellation and the corporation fee schedule.
Does your LLC need to register in Nevada?
The rule is simple to state: a foreign LLC registers before it transacts business in Nevada (NRS 86.544). The statute then lists activities that are not transacting business, such as owner meetings, bank or credit union accounts, sales by independent contractors and filling mail or catalog orders accepted outside Nevada (NRS 86.5483). The Nevada transacting-business guide works through the list and common cases.
The application in brief
The form asks for the name in the home jurisdiction and the name being registered in Nevada, the jurisdiction and date of formation, the good standing declaration, the registered agent, the office address where the LLC is organized, and each manager (or each member if there are no managers). Our walkthrough of the Nevada LLC application covers each field and what gets a filing returned.
The list and the license
Nevada wants its list of managers or managing members at the moment you register, not a year later, and the State Business License application rides on the same form. Both renew yearly, due by the close of the registration's anniversary month. See the initial list and business license form for the fields and the declaration you sign.
Corporations pay by authorized stock
A corporation formed elsewhere qualifies on the Foreign Corporation Qualification under Chapter 80, and its fee is the same as a Nevada corporation's: from $75 upward depending on the value of its authorized shares, capped at $35,000. Its business license is $500. The foreign corporation qualification page has the fee table and Nevada's newspaper publication rule.
What skipping registration risks
Deliberately skipping registration, or neglecting it, exposes a foreign LLC to a court-imposed fine between $1,000 and $10,000, and until it registers, the law lets suits over its Nevada business be served on the Secretary of State (NRS 86.548). The Nevada penalty page explains how the state enforces it.
Your first year, as a calendar
Say the registration is filed on March 10. The initial list and license are paid that day as part of the bundle. The next list and license renewal are then due by March 31 of the following year, and every March after that, unless the LLC picks an alternative due date. Miss the month and the list costs $75 more; leave it unpaid and the right to transact business in Nevada is forfeited until the company reinstates. Over five years the state's share comes to $1,825 for a typical LLC: $425 up front and $350 in each later year.
Where Nevada filings go
The Commercial Recordings Division in Carson City, at 401 North Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701-4201, takes regular and expedited filings by mail and in person; its customer service line runs Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. The North Las Vegas office takes expedited filings only, and the Las Vegas locations accept cards, checks and money orders but no cash. In-person business services work by appointment. After processing, the scanned filing becomes the official record and the filed copies are sent back.
Registering versus moving the LLC to Nevada
Registration keeps the LLC a company of its home state that is also authorized here. If Nevada is becoming the company's real home, Nevada also has Articles of Domestication (NRS 92A.270), which changes the domicile of an entity formed elsewhere to Nevada and is filed together with a new Nevada formation filing. The home state's own law decides whether the company can leave there, so this is a question for a lawyer before it is a filing for us.
Have these ready before you order
- The exact legal name and formation date from the home state.
- A current good standing check in the home state.
- The address of the office the LLC keeps at home, or its principal office.
- Each manager's name, title and an address you are content to see published.
- Your choice of Nevada registered agent.
What we file, and what you can ask us for
The online order covers the foreign LLC bundle: application, initial list and license. By email we also prepare corporation qualifications (priced by authorized stock), annual lists for LLCs we registered, statements of change for a new agent, and cancellations. Partnerships and nonprofits get a quote once we know the entity type and home state, because Nevada sets their fees under other chapters.
Formed in Delaware or Wyoming?
The Nevada process is the same wherever the LLC was formed, but the two-state budget is not. Compare the yearly costs on the Delaware LLC in Nevada page or the Wyoming LLC in Nevada page. Filing alone? The paper filing walkthrough covers the packet, payment and where to send it.
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.
Our fee and the Nevada bundle
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$199
+ the Nevada bundle
- The Nevada application for a foreign LLC, written from your answers
- The initial list of managers or members that must accompany it
- The State Business License application on the same filing
- A Nevada registered agent, provided by us or picked by you
- Delivery of the bundle to the state, then your filed record comes back
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Nevada's registration fee is $75. The initial list adds $150 and the State Business License $200. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Short answers
What does Nevada charge to register a foreign LLC?
$75 for the registration, plus $150 for the initial list and $200 for the State Business License, all due when you file: $425.
Does Nevada want a certificate of good standing from my home state?
The Nevada form has the signer declare home-state good standing instead, and asks for no attached certificate.
Can the foreign LLC application be filed online?
The Secretary of State's LLC page offers online filing for Nevada articles and for lists, but not for the foreign application, so the registration goes in on paper. The list can be filed online in later years through SilverFlume.
How long does Nevada take?
Expedited filings are handled within the window you pay for: 24 hours, 2 hours ($500) or 1 hour ($1,000). Nevada does not publish a time for regular paper filings.
What is due every year?
The annual list ($150) and the business license renewal ($200), by the last day of the anniversary month. A late list costs $75 more.
What is the penalty for not registering?
A court-imposed fine of $1,000 to $10,000 for a willful failure, and the Secretary of State can accept service of lawsuits about the Nevada business.
Do you handle corporations?
Not through the online order. Corporations pay a fee based on authorized stock; email us for a quote.
Is a Nevada registration the same as a certificate of authority?
People use both terms. Nevada's LLC statute speaks of registering a foreign LLC, and its corporation chapter of qualifying a foreign corporation; either way the result is authority to do business here.
Can the LLC use a different name in Nevada?
Yes, when its home name cannot be used here. The application has a separate line for the name being registered in Nevada.
Can we collect an expedited filing in person?
Yes. Filings sent with the 24-hour expedite are dated the day they arrive and are ready for collection within a day, unless you ask for them to be mailed.
Do I need a Nevada registered agent?
Yes, the application names one. Use ours or one you already have.
Sources
- Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 86
- Nevada Secretary of State, limited-liability company fee schedule
- Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 76 (State Business License)
- Nevada Secretary of State, limited-liability companies
- Nevada Secretary of State, LLC formation and foreign registration packet
- Nevada Secretary of State, 24-hour, 2-hour and 1-hour expedite service guidelines
- Nevada Secretary of State, limited-liability company fee schedule
- Nevada Secretary of State, profit corporation fee schedule
- Nevada Secretary of State, corporations (form or qualify)
- Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 80 (foreign corporations)
- Nevada Secretary of State, annual and amended list packet (office addresses)
- Nevada Secretary of State, business services
- Nevada Secretary of State, business forms
- SilverFlume, Nevada business portal checklist
Registering in Nevada?
Send us the LLC and where it was formed.