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How to Reinstate an Administratively Dissolved LLC in Florida
The form, the fee, and what the LLC can and cannot do until it is filed.
Administrative dissolution
If your Florida LLC was administratively dissolved, the state ended its ability to do business but did not end the company. Here is what it costs to bring it back, how long you have, and what the LLC can and cannot do in the meantime.
What the state doesAdministrative dissolutionFlorida Department of State, Division of Corporations
Deadline to fixNo deadline
Filing fee$100sunbiz.org
What you fileReinstatement Application
How it happened, and what the state did
Administrative dissolution
Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
What triggers it
Annual report not delivered by 5:00 p.m. ET on the third Friday in September. Also: unpaid fee or penalty, failure to appoint and maintain a registered agent, or failure to file a statement of change within 30 days of an agent name or address change.
You may get no warning
For the missed annual report there is no notice of intent before dissolution; notice is issued AFTER dissolution and may be by email. Fla. Stat. 605.0714(2). The other three grounds do get a notice of intent with 60 days to cure, 605.0714(3)-(4).
- Statute
- Fla. Stat. section 605.0714(1)
- Filed through
- sunbiz.org
- Online filing
- Yes
- Processing time
- Immediate if dissolved under one year and paid by card; 2-3 business days if dissolved over one year
- Expedited service
- Not published by the state
What else you have to pay
Reinstatement fee plus the annual report fee for each report year. Reinstating in the same calendar year as dissolution: $100 + $138.75 = $238.75. Reinstating on or after January 1 of the following year: $100 + $277.50 = $377.50. Add $5 for an optional certificate of status. The state states these as minimum amounts due and Fla. Stat. 605.0715(1) requires all fees and penalties then owed.
What each path costs in Florida
File the report late, before the cutoffThe report fee plus the late fee. The LLC stays active the whole time.
$538.75
Let it be administratively dissolved, then restore it in the same yearThe filing fee for the cure plus the report fee. The late fee does not appear in the published totals for this filing.
$238.75
Read this as a cost comparison, not as a plan. The cheaper path is cheaper only in filing fees, and the filing fee is the smallest thing at stake. An LLC that has been administratively dissolved loses court access, loses its name after the hold period, and cannot trade normally until the filing is made. The next section sets out exactly what it can and cannot do.
What the LLC can and cannot do while it is dissolved
- Continues to exist but may only wind up, liquidate and notify claimants. Fla. Stat. 605.0714(5).
- May not maintain or defend any action in a Florida court until the annual report is filed and all fees and penalties are paid. Fla. Stat. 605.0212(6).
- Registered agent authority is not terminated, so service of process still lands. Fla. Stat. 605.0714(6).
Does fixing it undo the gap?
Yes, with limits. Fla. Stat. 605.0715(4)(a): relates back to the effective date of dissolution. But (4)(c) preserves rights a person acquired in reliance on the dissolution before knowing of the reinstatement.
Can someone take your LLC name?
Fla. Stat. 605.0715(5) holds the name for one year. If another entity lawfully took it, 605.0715(6) requires the LLC to amend its articles to change its name before the reinstatement application is accepted.
How to reinstate a Florida LLC
- Check the entity’s current status first. Search your LLC on the Florida SOS business database and read the exact status word the state shows. That word decides which filing you need, and filing the wrong one is a rejected filing and a lost fee.
- Confirm you are still inside the deadline. Fla. Stat. 605.0715(1): may apply at any time after the effective date of dissolution.
- Fix the thing that caused it. Reinstatement fee plus the annual report fee for each report year. Reinstating in the same calendar year as dissolution: $100 + $138.75 = $238.75. Reinstating on or after January 1 of the following year: $100 + $277.50 = $377.50. Add $5 for an optional certificate of status. The state states these as minimum amounts due and Fla. Stat. 605.0715(1) requires all fees and penalties then owed. The application is not accepted until the underlying default is cleared.
- File Reinstatement Application. The filing fee is $100. It is filed through sunbiz.org.
- Check that your name is still available. Fla. Stat. 605.0715(5) holds the name for one year. If another entity lawfully took it, 605.0715(6) requires the LLC to amend its articles to change its name before the reinstatement application is accepted.
- Verify it on the state record, not in your inbox. Search the entity again on the Florida SOS business database and confirm the status has changed. A confirmation email is not the record. While you are there, check that the address and the agent on file are ones you actually monitor, because that is where the next notice goes.
Two ways to stop this happening twice. You can put the deadline in your own calendar and file it yourself every year. That costs $138.75 a year to the state plus your own attention, and the failure above is what happens on the year the reminder does not land. Or you can hand the recurring filing to a compliance service, which is the same decision people make after the second time. Compare what the major services charge before you pick one.
Put the recurring filing on a compliance service
Harbor Compliance handles registered agent service and ongoing state compliance in all 50 states, so the filing that caused this is tracked rather than remembered. State filing fees are still yours to pay.
See Harbor Compliance ↗$99 first year, then $149/year · All 50 states
Other options
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Annual report filing included, state filing fee extra
Northwest Registered Agent
$125/year · Registered agent only, if the agent is the problem
Comparing services first? Our full Northwest Registered Agent review and Harbor Compliance review cover pricing, renewal behavior, and what each is best at.
What we could not establish
These are the things Florida does not publish, or publishes in a form we could not verify against a primary source. They are listed rather than left out, because a gap you can see is more useful than a page that looks complete.
- personal liability for acts carried on while dissolved: no Chapter 605 provision found, needs case law
- address the Division mails dissolution notice to when no email is on file
- composition of the $138.75 against the statutory $50 in 605.0213
Sources
Last verified Aug 3, 2026. Every figure on this page comes from a state statute, rule, form or fee schedule.
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This page provides general information based on publicly available Florida statutes and Florida Secretary of State publications. It is not legal advice and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney about a specific situation. Statutes, forms, and fees change. Verify current requirements with the Florida SOS before filing. If you are facing enforcement action or a pending lawsuit, consult a Florida business attorney.