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Nevada Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $75 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Total, all in $1,500
Nevada data last reviewed Aug 19, 2026 · nvsos.gov Totals include the $75 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Nevada recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$75
Form
Foreign (Non-Nevada) Limited-Liability Company Application for Registration
Annual obligation
$150/year + $200/year business license
Processing time
Nevada processes SilverFlume online filings the same day at no extra charge.
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Paper filings sit in a posted queue instead: the Secretary of State publishes a processing-dates page, and on 13 August 2026 it was working new filings received on 3 August. Expediting is statutory under NRS 225.140 at $125 within 24 hours, $500 within two hours or $1,000 within one hour

Expedite
$125 within 24 hours, $500 within 2 hours or $1,000 within 1 hour, set by NRS 225.140.
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Nevada processes online SilverFlume filings the same day at no extra charge, so these tiers matter mainly for the paper queue

Estimated year 1 cost
$425
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Need to register your LLC in Nevada?

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

Have Northwest register your LLC in Nevada ↗
$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 Nevada?

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

Important to know

  • Annual costs ($350+) are much higher than Wyoming or New Mexico for similar benefits

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What does NOT require registration in Nevada 13 activities

Nevada carves 13 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Maintaining, defending, or settling any lawsuit or legal proceeding
  • Holding meetings of managers or members, or carrying on internal company affairs
  • Maintaining accounts at banks or credit unions
  • Maintaining an office or agency to transfer, exchange, or register the company's own securities, or keeping trustees or depositaries for them
  • Making sales through independent contractors
  • Soliciting or receiving orders outside Nevada through letters, catalogs, or other advertising, accepting them outside Nevada, and shipping the goods in
  • Creating or acquiring debt, mortgages, or security interests in real or personal property
  • Securing or collecting debts, or enforcing mortgages and security interests on the property backing them
  • Owning real or personal property, and nothing more
  • One-off transactions completed within 30 days that are not part of a series of similar transactions
  • Producing motion pictures
  • Operating as an out-of-state depository institution under Nevada's banking laws
  • Transacting business in interstate commerce

Under NRS 86.5483, all 13 items. Nevada's order-solicitation item is narrower than most: the orders must be solicited AND accepted outside Nevada and then filled by shipping in. Unique items cover motion picture production and out-of-state depository institutions. Subsection 3 withdraws the exemption entirely if the company maintains an office in Nevada. There is NO tax disclaimer; subsection 4 instead preserves personal jurisdiction and bars the company from offering its non-transacting status as a defense in other proceedings.

Forming a new LLC in Nevada instead? $75 to form
Formation fee
$75
Annual cost
$150/year + $200/year business license
State income tax
No state income tax
Privacy
Low
Nevada requires the name and address of each initial manager, or of each initial member if member-managed, on the Articles of Organization (NRS 86.161). A single-member, member-managed Nevada LLC names its owner on the public formation document. The Initial List ($150) and the State Business License ($200) are due at the time the Articles of Organization are filed, not later (NRS 86.263(1), NRS 76.100(1)(a)). That $350 sits on top of the $75 filing fee, so opening a Nevada LLC costs $425. The last-day-of-the-anniversary-month rule applies to the annual list in later years, not to the initial one.
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Already operating without registering?Civil penalty, back fees and court access in Nevada, statute-cited ↗ Not sure Nevada applies to you?What counts as doing business, and what does not ↗ Changing your registered agent?The form, the fee and the steps in Nevada ↗ Operating in more than one state?Free 3-question check of where you must register ↗

This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Nevada SOS before filing.