Everything you need to register a foreign LLC in Indiana.
State filing fee$105one-time
Registered agent$125/yearbased on Northwest RA
Total, all in$544
Indiana data last reviewed Aug 25, 2026 · in.govTotals include the $105 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Indiana recurring state costs over the selected period. The report fee is biennial and counted per filing due.
Foreign Qualification
Filing fee
$105
Form
Foreign Registration Statement
Annual obligation
$32 biennial
Processing time
Indiana publishes no standing turnaround on any page the Secretary of State still maintains: the Business Services Division home page is now a signpost to INBiz, and INBiz publishes no processing time. Indiana's own statement, on a legacy division page, is that it offers no expedited service and that online filings are processed within 24 hours while regular mail takes 3 to 5 business days. That page's fee figures are stale, so treat the duration as the agency's last published position rather than a current service standard.
The business entity report is biennial, not annual, at $32 online and $50 by paper.
Activities that do NOT require registration in Indiana
The following activities are explicitly carved out by statute. On their own, they do not require a foreign LLC to register in Indiana.
Suing, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling a legal claim
Handling internal company affairs, including meetings of owners or managers
Maintaining bank accounts
Keeping an office or agent to transfer, exchange, or register the company's own securities, or holding trustees or depositories for them
Selling through independent contractors
Soliciting or taking orders that must be accepted outside Indiana before they become contracts
Making loans, or creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, or security interests in property
Securing or collecting debts, enforcing mortgages or security interests, and holding or maintaining property acquired that way
Doing one isolated deal finished within 30 days that is not part of repeated similar deals
Simply owning property, and nothing more
Doing business in interstate commerce
For a nonprofit corporation, soliciting funds when Indiana law otherwise allows it
Under IC 23-0.5-5-5, all 12 items. Indiana uses the phrase "doing business," not "transacting business." Subsection (b) protects a person who is merely an interest holder or governing person. Subsection (c) disclaims service of process, taxation and regulation under other Indiana law. Subsection (d) states the list is not exhaustive and recodifies rather than repeals the four predecessor statutes, preserving prior case law.
This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Indiana SOS before filing.