Louisiana LLC Foreign Qualification

Louisiana LLC Foreign Qualification

Steps to Louisiana LLC Foreign Qualification:

  1. Determine What Business Name to Use: When registering a foreign LLC, you will need to decide what name your company will use in Louisiana. You can use your LLC’s true name only if it is not already in use by another entity within the state. The name you choose must be distinguishable from all other entity names already registered with the Commercial Division.
  2. File Application for Authority: To foreign qualify an LLC, you file an Application for Authority to Transact Business in Louisiana. Submit this document to the Commercial Division. There is a $150 filing fee. You must include with the Application a Certificate of Existence or Good Standing from your home jurisdiction.You are legally required to appoint a Louisiana registered agent on your Application.
  3. Wait for Processing: Typical processing time is one week. You can expedite the filing and have it processed within 24 hours.

Louisiana Foreign LLC Registration Quick Facts

Can I Register My Foreign LLC Online?

Yes. You will need to visit the Secretary of State’s online filing system, GeauxBiz. Though your business already exists, you will still begin by filing a New Business Registration. You will be required to upload and attach a Certificate of Existence or Good Standing from your home state.

Louisiana Registered Agent

All business entities are required to appoint a Louisiana registered agent to accept service of process on behalf of your company. Your registered agent must be an individual resident of the state, an individual attorney or a partnership, or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to act as a registered agent.

A registered agent is required to maintain a registered office (physical street address) within the state, which must be kept open during regular business hours year round. When documents are accepted on behalf of clients, the clients must be contacted and the documents forwarded to the clients in a timely manner.

Louisiana Annual Report

After you qualify a foreign LLC, you will be required to to file an Annual Report each year. The deadline is the exact date of your registration in Louisiana. The filing fee is $30.