Registering an out of State LLC in Washington State costs $200.00 in State fees with the expedited filing service. You will need a Washington registered agent which we provide for $65.00 a year. 7 out of 10 people registering an LLC in Washington get the filing wrong and it gets denied by the State. It’s not that it’s rocket science, but it’s just that if you don’t do it every day you might miss something that the State requires. We charge $150.00 to do the filing for you, and get the certificate of good standing from your home State of organization. The total usually runs $415.00 plus your State’s fees it charges to get the certificate of good standing.
Foreign Washington LLC’s are governed by chapter 25.15 RCW
Foreign Washington LLC’s are required to file an annual report for $59.00 each year. The annual reports are due on the last day of the month you qualified your foreign LLC in Washington.
The following information is required to register your out of State LLC in WA:
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You’ll need a certificate of good standing from your home State of organization. This is something you order from the agency that governs Limited Liability Companies in your home State. Most States have a Secretary of State like WA, but in some States like AZ or NM, a Corporation Commission governs your corporations. The certificate of good standing must be dated within 90 days. It does not have to be an original document.
Some of the common States and their original filing fees where people come from are:
Oregon $10.00 Montana $5.00 Idaho $12.00 Utah $12.00 Wyoming Free Nevada $6000 California:* $15.00 *Takes 3-4 weeks, unless you pay $75.00 to expedite
- The name of the LLC must match the certificate of good standing exactly.
- If your name is not available, the members or managers can adopt a different name to use in Washington by a resolution.
- You’ll need to know the date your LLC was initially organized in your home State.
- Principal place of business for your foreign LLC.
- You can pick a date to make the filing of the LLC registration effective. You usually will pick a date a week or two in the future of when you’re doing the filing.
- You’ll need to know if your LLC is a perpetual LLC or a term LLC in your home State. Most LLC’s are perpetual. You would have to make a special election or listing in your articles to not make it perpetual.
- The date you started or will start working in Washington with your foreign LLC must be listed. If you list a date in the past, you’ll owe additional fees.
- You’ll need a Washington registered agent. We do this for only $65.00 a year. The cheapest in Washington, and the most services provided.
- You’ll need to either list the member(s) or manager(s) and their business address(s).
- A member or manager will have to sign the filing. It does not have to be originally signed.
You can file your foreign Limited Liability Company to do business in Washington State on your own and just hire us as your Washington registered agent, or we can do the filing for you.
| Fees: | |
| Washington State fees: | $200.00 |
| Our registered agent service: | $65.00 |
| Our filing service: | $150.00 |
| Your home States certificate fee: | ?? |
| Total: $415.00 plus your State's fees | |
We'll have your LLC registered in days. It's that simple. The odds are that 7 out of 10 foreign LLC's registering in Washington mess something up, and their filings get rejected. We would be glad to help you either way as the registered agent only or us doing the whole thing for you.