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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
Estimated total $542
Indiana data last reviewed Oct 9, 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
$105Checked Aug 22, 2026 · inbiz.in.gov
Form
Foreign Registration Statement
Annual obligation
$31 biennialChecked Oct 8, 2026 · inbiz.in.gov
Processing time
Indiana publishes no processing time for this filing, and INBiz shows none
Estimated year 1 cost
$136
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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 $159/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 $31 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." The isolated-transaction carve-out carries a 30-day limit. 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 four earlier statutes.

Forming a new LLC in Indiana instead? $95 to form
Formation fee
$95
Annual cost
$31 biennial
State income tax
Flat 2.95% income tax, plus county income tax (2026 tax year)
Privacy
Conditional
Whether your name reaches the public record depends on how you set the LLC up. Indiana requires no member or manager name on the articles of organization. The business entity report needs at least one governing person, and an officer who is not an owner can fill that slot.
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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.