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Term

Foreign registration

Permission, requested by filing, for an LLC from elsewhere to operate in a new state. Some states issue it as a certificate of authority.
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Facts

Another name
Foreign qualification, certificate of authority
See also
Foreign LLC and afterward Certificate of good standing and afterward Annual report

What to do

It adds a state to the LLC you have. It does not create a new company.

States differ

Smallest fee: Michigan, $50. Largest: Texas, $750. All fifty rules.

Where it appears

See: LLC charters by state, Registered agent rules by state, Registering in a second state, by state.

Sources

  1. Charter Simple keeps LARA Corporations Division on file from michigan.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  2. Charter Simple keeps LARA limited liability company forms on file from michigan.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  3. Charter Simple keeps MCL 450.5002, certificate of authority on file from legislature.mi.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  4. Charter Simple keeps MCL 450.5008, activities that are on file from legislature.mi.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  5. Charter Simple keeps MCL 450.5007, consequences of transacting on file from legislature.mi.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  6. Charter Simple keeps LARA annual reports and annual on file from michigan.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  7. Charter Simple keeps Texas Secretary of State, foreign on file from sos.state.tx.us, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  8. Charter Simple keeps Form 304 instructions on file from sos.state.tx.us, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  9. Charter Simple keeps Fee schedule, Form 806 on file from sos.texas.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  10. Charter Simple keeps Business Organizations Code, Chapter 9 on file from statutes.capitol.texas.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more
  11. Charter Simple keeps Texas Comptroller, franchise tax on file from comptroller.texas.gov, confirmed October 2026, and nothing more