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New York Foreign LLC Registration

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

State filing fee $250 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Estimated total $718
New York data last reviewed Oct 9, 2026 · dos.ny.gov Totals include the $250 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and New York recurring state costs over the selected period. The report fee is biennial and counted per filing due. Excludes one-time newspaper publication ($200 to $1,800 by county).

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$250
Form
Application for Authority
Annual obligation
$9 biennial + $25/year minimum state filing fee
Processing time
New York publishes no turnaround for ordinary processing of this filing.
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The Division of Corporations publishes only the times it sells: 24 hours, same day or two hours, each per document. Budget separately for publication, which reaches foreign LLCs as well as domestic ones: a copy of the application or a notice of its substance must run once a week for six successive weeks in two county-designated newspapers, followed by a $50 Certificate of Publication, and failure within 120 days suspends the LLC's authority to do business.

Expedite
$25 per document for processing within 24 hours, $75 per document for the same day, or $150 per document within two hours.
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Charged per document, so a filer submitting two instruments pays it twice, and counted from receipt of the request rather than from posting.

Estimated year 1 cost
$284
Note: New York requires publication in two newspapers within 120 days of filing, and the LLC's authority is suspended if it does not. Newspapers set the price, typically from about $200 upstate to $1,800 in Manhattan; it is not in the fee totals above. Filing proof of publication costs $50.
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What triggers foreign qualification in New York?

  • Physical presence in New York
  • Employees in New York
  • Regular business transactions in New York

Important to know

  • Publication requirement: must publish in two newspapers for 6 consecutive weeks within 120 days of filing
  • Publication costs vary widely by county. Newspapers set the price; typical quotes run from about $200 upstate to $1,800 in Manhattan, and New York publishes no official rates.
  • New York's LLC Transparency Act, in force since January 1, 2026, covers only LLCs formed outside the United States that register to do business in New York; the Governor vetoed the wider version on December 19, 2025. An LLC formed in any U.S. state, including one registering in New York, has no New York ownership report to file.

New York guides

The publication requirement above runs from about $200 upstate to $1,800 in Manhattan. Our publication cost guide has the county-by-county breakdown and the legal way to lower the bill. New York also requires a biennial statement every two years. New York does not require a registered agent; our guides cover whether you still want one and the rules an agent must meet if you name one.

What does NOT require registration in New York 4 activities

New York carves 4 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Maintaining or defending a lawsuit, administrative proceeding, or arbitration, or settling it or settling claims and disputes
  • Holding meetings of members or managers
  • Maintaining bank accounts
  • Maintaining an office or agency only to transfer, exchange, and register membership interests, or appointing depositaries for those interests

Under NY LLC Law Section 803. New York's list is only 4 items, the shortest in the country. It has NO isolated-transaction carve-out, NO order-solicitation carve-out, NO independent-contractor carve-out and NO property-ownership carve-out. Subdivision (b) disclaims service of process only and says nothing about taxation. Do not assume the standard uniform-act carve-outs apply in New York.

Forming a new LLC in New York instead? $200 to form
Formation fee
$200
Annual cost
$9 biennial + $25/year minimum state filing fee
State income tax
Income tax up to 10.9% (2026 tax year)
Privacy
High
Publication requirement adds $200 to $1,800 to Year 1 costs depending on county. This is mandatory and applies to both domestic and foreign LLCs. New York does not publish LLC owners. Its LLC Transparency Act, in force since 1 January 2026, collects owner information only from LLCs formed outside the United States; an LLC formed in a U.S. state files nothing under it.
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the New York SOS before filing.