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Register Your Florida LLC in Louisiana

Step-by-step foreign qualification requirements, fees, and filing instructions for Florida LLCs expanding into Louisiana.

Louisiana filing fee $150 one-time

Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA

Total, all in $620

Louisiana data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · sos.la.gov Totals include the $150 Louisiana filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Louisiana recurring state costs over the selected period. Adds the $5 Certificate of Status from Florida once. The Cost Summary below is the same year one figure without the agent.

Cost Summary

Louisiana filing fee: $150
Florida Certificate of Status: $5
Annual obligation in Louisiana: $30/year
Estimated year 1 total: $185

Note: Year 1 total includes the $150 filing fee in Louisiana, the $5 Certificate of Status fee from Florida, and $30 in first-year Louisiana state charges. Registered agent fees (typically $100-$200/year) are not included.

Florida data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · dos.fl.gov

How to register your Florida LLC in Louisiana

Check name availability in Louisiana

Before filing, verify that your LLC name (or a distinguishable variation) is available in Louisiana. If your exact name is already taken, you may need to register under a fictitious or assumed name.

Search the business name register on the Louisiana Secretary of State website before you file.

Get a Certificate of Status from Florida

Louisiana requires a Certificate of Status from Florida to prove your LLC is in good standing. The fee is $5. Available to order online. When Louisiana is the destination for a foreign qualification, the home-state certificate must bear an original signature and be dated within 90 days of submission.

Order from Florida ↗

File the Application for Authority to Transact Business in Louisiana (Form SS972) in Louisiana

Submit your application along with the Certificate of Status and the $150 filing fee. See the processing time under Ongoing compliance below. Expedited processing is available, priced under Ongoing compliance below. Online filing is available.

Louisiana filing portal ↗

Appoint a registered agent in Louisiana

You must designate a registered agent with a physical address in Louisiana to accept legal documents on behalf of your LLC. This is required as part of the foreign qualification application.

Need to register your LLC in Louisiana?

Northwest files the foreign registration and serves as your registered agent in Louisiana, which the filing requires. Only need an agent? Northwest's registered agent service alone is $125/year.

Have Northwest register your LLC in Louisiana ↗

$225 + the state fee · One year of registered agent included

Other registered agent options 2 alternatives

Registered Agents Inc

$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra

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Harbor Compliance

$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option

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Not sure which service fits? Our full Northwest Registered Agent review and Harbor Compliance review cover pricing, renewal terms, and where each one fits.

Ongoing compliance in Louisiana

Annual report: $30/year
Report due: Anniversary date
Processing time: Louisiana publishes no duration for routine processing. What it sells instead is priced: expedite at $30 for 24 hour processing and priority expedite at $50 for 2 to 4 hours, both on top of the filing fee, and expedited documents are processed before others received the same day.
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Filers in fourteen named parishes must file online through geauxBIZ. Both expedite figures rise on 1 October 2026
Expedite: $30 for expedited 24 hour service and $50 for expedited while you wait service, both set by La. R.S. 49:222(12).
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The while you wait tier means attending the counter. Both rise on 1 October 2026, to $35 and $60, under Act 921 of 2026

Important to know about Louisiana

Foreign registration costs $150 against $100 to form domestically.

Registering after you already started doing business in Louisiana? See the Louisiana late-registration penalties for the back fees and fines that can apply.

What does NOT require registration in Louisiana 10 activities

Louisiana carves 10 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding
Holding meetings of managers or members, or carrying on internal company affairs
Maintaining bank accounts
Maintaining offices or agencies for transfer, exchange, and registration of the company's own membership interests, or appointing trustees or depositories for them
Soliciting or procuring orders, by mail or through employees or agents, if the orders require acceptance outside the state, including preliminary steps
Creating evidences of debt, mortgages, or liens
Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing rights in the property securing them
Transacting business in interstate or foreign commerce
Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of repeated transactions of like nature
Acquiring or disposing of property or a property interest, outside regular business activity

Under La. R.S. 12:1343. Louisiana has NO independent-contractor safe harbor and NO passive property-ownership safe harbor. No tax or service-of-process disclaimer.

Need a business address in Louisiana? mail forwarding

A virtual mailbox gives your LLC a separate address in Louisiana for business mail. Confirm whether the state accepts it for the specific filing field. For banking, ask your bank before buying; it may require your actual operating address.

Northwest Mail Forwarding $20/mo

Unique suite number + unlimited digital mail scanning

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Independent mailbox providers

iPostal1

Largest address network in the US. Best budget option for a registered business address.

From $14.99/mo Visit site ↗

Alliance Virtual Offices

Real commercial address inside a staffed office center, with an Address Certification Letter for banking and registration.

From $49/mo Visit site ↗

Bizee

Commercial street address with unlimited mail scanning, cheapest bundled with Bizee formation.

$29/mo Visit site ↗

Check your full compliance

Use our free tool to check if you need to register in additional states.

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Sources 1 link

https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/

This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify all fees and requirements with the Louisiana Secretary of State before filing.