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Louisiana Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $150 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $615
Louisiana data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · sos.la.gov Totals include the $150 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Louisiana recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$150
Form
Application for Authority to Transact Business in Louisiana (Form SS972)
Annual obligation
$30/year
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

Estimated year 1 cost
$180
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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
Visit site ↗
Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option
Visit site ↗

What triggers foreign qualification in Louisiana?

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

Important to know

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

Forming a new LLC in Louisiana instead? $100 to form
Formation fee
$100
Annual cost
$30/year
State income tax
Flat 3% income tax (2026 tax year)
Privacy
Low
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Louisiana SOS before filing.