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Nebraska Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $110 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $535
Nebraska data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · sos.nebraska.gov Totals include the $110 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Nebraska recurring state costs over the selected period. The report fee is biennial and counted per filing due.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$110
Form
Application for Certificate of Authority - Foreign Limited Liability Company
Annual obligation
$25 biennial
Processing time
Nebraska publishes no processing time for this filing in any channel and offers no expedited service
Estimated year 1 cost
$135
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Need to register your LLC in Nebraska?

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

Have Northwest register your LLC in Nebraska ↗
$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 Nebraska?

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

Important to know

  • Newspaper publication is a DOMESTIC Nebraska duty and does not reach a foreign LLC registering here. Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-193 hangs it on the notice of organization, which is defined by the certificate of organization a foreign LLC never files, and 21-156 imposes nothing of the kind on the foreign application. If you are forming a Nebraska LLC rather than registering one, you must publish for three successive weeks and file proof at $25 online or $30 in the office.
  • The report is biennial, not annual, at $25 online and $30 by paper.
What does NOT require registration in Nebraska 10 activities

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

  • Maintaining, defending, or settling an action or proceeding
  • Carrying on any activity concerning internal affairs, including holding meetings of members or managers
  • Maintaining accounts in financial institutions
  • Maintaining transfer, exchange, or registration offices for the company's own securities, or trustees or depositories for them
  • Selling through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or obtaining orders, by mail, electronic means, employees, or agents, if the orders require acceptance outside Nebraska to become contracts
  • Creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, or security interests in real or personal property
  • Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing security interests in the property securing them, and holding, protecting, or maintaining property acquired that way
  • Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of a series of similar transactions
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce

Under Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 21-157. Nebraska has NO property-ownership safe harbor, and subsection (b) reverses it: owning income-producing real or tangible personal property in Nebraska DOES constitute transacting business.

Forming a new LLC in Nebraska instead? $100 to form
Formation fee
$100
Annual cost
$25 biennial
State income tax
Income tax up to 4.55% (2026 tax year)
Privacy
High
Nebraska requires a Notice of Organization published in a legal newspaper for three successive weeks, then proof of publication filed with the Secretary of State (Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-193). The proof filing costs $25 online or $30 in the office. The newspaper charge varies by paper and is not published by the state; Nebraska sets the legal-notice rate at $0.50 per line for the first insertion and $0.4334 per line thereafter (Neb. Rev. Stat. 33-141), and the notice itself is short. If you publish late, filing the proof still validates the company's acts from the start (21-193(3)).
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Nebraska SOS before filing.