Everything you need to register a foreign LLC in Kansas.
State filing fee$115one-time
Registered agent$125/yearbased on Northwest RA
Total, all in$670
Kansas data last reviewed Aug 25, 2026 · sos.ks.govTotals include the $115 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Kansas recurring state costs over the selected period. The report fee is biennial and counted per filing due.
Foreign Qualification
Filing fee
$115
Form
Application for Registration
Annual obligation
$90 biennial
Processing time
Kansas publishes no processing time for a foreign registration. Foreign business entities must file on paper, so the one timing statement the Secretary of State does publish, that an online domestic formation is processed within minutes, does not reach this filing. Kansas sells no expedited service either, so there is no purchased turnaround to fall back on.
Kansas data last reviewed Aug 25, 2026 · sos.ks.gov
Formation in Kansas
Formation fee
$85
Annual cost
$90 biennial
State income tax
Income tax up to 5.7%
Privacy
Low
What triggers foreign qualification in Kansas?
Physical office or place of business
Employees working in the state
Important to know
Foreign LLCs cannot register online. Kansas accepts the foreign application on paper only, at $115, the single figure form FA prints for every foreign entity type. Several national guides still publish the previous $165 figure, and a fee computed from the February 2026 regulations gives $90, which is not what the form charges.
The Information Report is biennial, not annual, at $90 online and $110 by paper.
Activities that do NOT require registration in Kansas
The following activities are explicitly carved out by statute. On their own, they do not require a foreign LLC to register in Kansas.
Maintaining, defending, or settling an action or proceeding
Holding meetings, or carrying on any other internal affairs of the entity
Maintaining bank accounts
Maintaining offices or agents to transfer, exchange, or register the entity's own securities, or maintaining trustees or depositories for them
Selling through independent contractors
Soliciting or taking orders, if the orders must be accepted outside Kansas before they become contracts
Selling machinery, plants, or equipment under a contract signed outside Kansas and sending in technical engineers or skilled workers only to supervise its construction, erection, or installation
Creating or acquiring debt as borrower or lender, with or without a mortgage or security interest in property
Securing or collecting debts, foreclosing security interests, and holding or maintaining property acquired that way
Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of a series of similar transactions
Transacting business in interstate commerce
Under K.S.A. 17-7932. Kansas has NO property-ownership safe harbor. It adds an equipment-installation carve-out not found in the uniform act.
This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Kansas SOS before filing.