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Indiana Foreign LLC Registration

The fee, the form, what triggers registration in Indiana, and how to file.

State filing fee $105 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $544
Indiana data last reviewed Sep 11, 2026 · in.gov Totals include the $105 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Indiana recurring state costs over the selected period. The report fee is biennial and counted per filing due.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$105
Form
Foreign Registration Statement
Annual obligation
$32 biennial
Processing time
Indiana publishes no standing turnaround on any page the Secretary of State still maintains: the Business Services Division home page is now a signpost to INBiz, and INBiz publishes no processing time.
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Indiana's own statement, on a legacy division page, is that it offers no expedited service and that online filings are processed within 24 hours while regular mail takes 3 to 5 business days. That page's fee figures are stale, so treat the duration as the agency's last published position rather than a current service standard.

Estimated year 1 cost
$137
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Need to register your LLC in Indiana?

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

Have Northwest register your LLC in Indiana ↗
$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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What triggers foreign qualification in Indiana?

  • Physical office or place of business
  • Employees working in the state

Important to know

  • The business entity report is biennial, not annual, at $32 online and $50 by paper.
What does NOT require registration in Indiana 12 activities

Indiana carves 12 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Suing, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling a legal claim
  • Handling internal company affairs, including meetings of owners or managers
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Keeping an office or agent to transfer, exchange, or register the company's own securities, or holding trustees or depositories for them
  • Selling through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or taking orders that must be accepted outside Indiana before they become contracts
  • Making loans, or creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, or security interests in property
  • Securing or collecting debts, enforcing mortgages or security interests, and holding or maintaining property acquired that way
  • Doing one isolated deal finished within 30 days that is not part of repeated similar deals
  • Simply owning property, and nothing more
  • Doing business in interstate commerce
  • For a nonprofit corporation, soliciting funds when Indiana law otherwise allows it

Under IC 23-0.5-5-5, all 12 items. Indiana uses the phrase "doing business," not "transacting business." Subsection (b) protects a person who is merely an interest holder or governing person. Subsection (c) disclaims service of process, taxation and regulation under other Indiana law. Subsection (d) states the list is not exhaustive and recodifies rather than repeals the four predecessor statutes, preserving prior case law.

Forming a new LLC in Indiana instead? $95 to form
Formation fee
$95
Annual cost
$32 biennial
State income tax
Flat 2.95% income tax, plus county income tax (2026 tax year)
Privacy
Moderate
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Indiana SOS before filing.