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Ohio foreign LLC fees, from registration to cancellation

Registering a foreign LLC costs $99 in Ohio, with no annual charge afterward, and leaving costs $50. Faster handling is $100, $200 or $300 more. Our preparation of Form 617 is $199, shown at checkout apart from Ohio's amounts.

All the state charges for a foreign LLC

Filing	Form	Fee
Initial registration	Form 617	$99
Certificate of correction	Form 612	$50
Statutory agent update	Form 521	$25
Reinstatement after a cancellation	Form 525A	$25
Certificate of cancellation	Form 618	$50
Yearly report	Not asked of LLCs	Nothing due

The certificate of correction is the filing for a statement in the registration that has become untrue, including a name change that leaves the name out of line with Ohio's rule. The agent update covers a new agent, a changed agent address or an agent's resignation, all on one form.

Entering Ohio as another kind of entity

Entity type	Amount	Form
Business corporation	$99	Form 530A
Nonprofit corporation	$99	Form 530B
Limited partnership	$99	Form 531B
Limited liability partnership	$99	Form 537

A licensed corporation pays $50 to amend its application on Form 565 and $50 to surrender its license on Form 564. A limited liability partnership files a biennial report for $25.

How the fee is set

Ohio's fee statute puts a foreign LLC's application at the same figure as articles of organization, $99, and sets the same figure for a foreign limited partnership, a foreign limited liability partnership and a foreign corporation's license. Ohio's website lists the same amounts in its fee schedule, so the schedule and the statute agree. Anything else the office files for a foreign LLC is priced on that schedule, form by form.

Speed options on top of the filing fee

Service	Added fee	Processing
Regular	None	3 to 7 business days
Level one	$100	2 business days after receipt
Level two	$200	1 business day after receipt
Level three	$300	In-person delivery required

The expedite fee is paid in addition to the filing fee, and the office does not bill or extend credit for it. Only level one may be sent by mail; levels two and three are for walk-in customers. A registration with level one handling costs $199 in state charges.

Worked totals

Scenario	Paid to Ohio	Made up of
Register and keep the registration	$99	$99, nothing yearly
Register with level one handling	$199	$99 + $100
Register with level two handling	$299	$99 + $200
Register, then change the agent	$124	$99 + $25
Register, then file a correction	$149	$99 + $50
Register, change the agent, cancel	$174	$99 + $25 + $50
Register, then reinstate after an agent lapse	$124	$99 + $25
Delaware LLC, first year with its home tax	$499	$99 + $400
Wyoming-formed LLC in year one with its annual minimum	$159	$99 + $60

Why there is nothing to budget for later

Everything Ohio charges comes at the beginning: $99, paid one time, with no scheduled charge behind it. The moving parts are the statutory agent, if you hire one, and what the home state bills. Delaware keeps charging $400 a year, which is why the Delaware row above is the larger number.

What the schedule leaves out

Only filings with the Secretary of State appear on the schedule. A statutory agent's fee is the agent's own charge, and a home state's certificate costs, if you order one, are set by that state. The Ohio Department of Taxation sets its own rules: the commercial activity tax, for example, has a registration threshold of $6,000,000 in Ohio gross receipts and asks a business to register within 30 days of crossing it. The statute is also clear that the list of activities that do not require registration does not decide who is taxed under other laws. Our charge pays for the typing and the submission. It is not a state fee, and it takes nothing off one.

What our charge covers

The $199 charge buys the typed Form 617, the name test, the agent's signed acceptance and the submission. On the order you can pick us as your Ohio statutory agent or list another. To weigh that against filing alone, see the do-it-yourself page.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Ohio fee questions

Is the Ohio fee the same for every entity type?

Yes. An LLP, an LP, a nonprofit, a corporation and an LLC each pay $99 for the first filing.

Does Ohio charge a yearly fee to a foreign LLC?

No. There is no annual report for an LLC.

How much is a change of agent?

$25 on Form 521.

What does cancellation cost?

$50 on Form 618.

Can I pay for faster handling?

Yes. Level one is $100, level two $200 and level three $300, each on top of the filing fee.

Where do I see the state fee and your fee?

Checkout lists them as two separate amounts.

Our fee and Ohio's

Register in Ohio

Form 617 typed from what you tell us
The statutory agent paperwork finished, whether the agent is ours or yours
The name checked against Ohio's naming rule before the form goes in
The approved registration handed back to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Ohio

$199

+ $99 Ohio fee

Ohio's fee is $99. It is listed apart from our own. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

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