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Filing a New York foreign LLC application without help

Filing alone is allowed: a foreign LLC can send Form DOS-1361-f-a and a $250 fee to the Department of State in Albany and handle publication itself.

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What you need before you start

Gather the LLC's exact name and formation date, a certificate from the home state that is a year old at most, the New York county for the office, a post office address for process, the home office address, and who will sign. Also gather a way to pay: cash, check, money order, MasterCard, Visa or American Express; checks and money orders payable to the Department of State; cash is not to be mailed, and large checks must be certified.

Step 1: get the form

The Department posts Form DOS-1361-f-a on its website. You do not have to use it, since an LLC may draft its own or use a stationer's version, but the Department's form follows the statute and is the easier path. Confirm that you have the latest revision.

Step 2: complete the statements

Fill in the seven statements in order: name, jurisdiction and date, county, Secretary of State as agent with a mailing address, home office, existence at home, and the home officer. The form walkthrough explains each. Take the name and the date from the certificate itself.

Step 3: attach the certificate

Attach the home certificate, no more than a year old. If the home office issues it by download, print it. The form's notes say the name and date must match it exactly.

Step 4: sign and pay

The signer ticks member, manager or authorized person. Make the payment of $250 to the Department of State; checks and money orders go to the Department, cash is not to be mailed, and a card payment uses the Department's authorization form.

Step 5: send it to Albany

Send the package to New York Department of State, Division of Corporations, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231. Add an expedite fee if the date matters: $25 for 24 hours, $75 for the same day on a request in by noon, or $150 for two hours. The Division no longer accepts faxed requests.

Step 6: wait for the filing receipt

The Business Express listing for the filing shows 7 business days. The Department issues a filing receipt entitled certificate of authority when it files the application. Keep it, because the county clerk may want a copy before designating newspapers.

Step 7: arrange publication

The clock is 120 days from filing. Call the clerk of the county you named and ask which two newspapers are designated, one daily and one weekly. Get each paper's rate and ask whether it will send you the affidavit of publication. Place the notices to run once a week for six weeks. The publication page describes five counties' procedures.

Step 8: file proof of publication

After the last run, each paper provides an affidavit. Attach both to a Certificate of Publication and send it with $50 to the same Albany address. If the proof is late, authority is suspended until it is filed.

Step 9: remember the biennial statement

A statement costing $9 is due every two years in the month the application was filed. If you have given the Department an email address it sends a reminder at the start of that month.

Reading the form's instruction notes

Page three of the form carries five notes. They say the Department prepared the form for convenience and it need not be used; that the home-state certificate must be attached; that the name and formation date must exactly match the certificate; that the Department recommends an attorney; and that the application goes with a $250 filing fee payable to the Department of State. Read them before you sign, since each describes a reason a filing can be returned.

What goes in the envelope

Include the signed application, the certificate, a check or money order for the fee payable to the Department of State, any expedite fee, and a note saying which handling you want. A card payment uses the Department's authorization form instead of a check. Photocopy the whole package before mailing it, since the county clerk may ask for the filing receipt and you will want the originals for your files.

Where owners stall

Common mistakes: a name or date that disagrees with the certificate is the first. A county chosen without checking the newspapers is the second. Late publication arrangements are the third, since the sixth weekly notice cannot be compressed. And a biennial statement forgotten two years on is the fourth.

Exit cost and changes you may file later

Once authorized, the LLC will later need a filing for most changes. Expect $60 to amend and $30 to change the county or the agent, while an agent that only relocates its own office pays $5. Leaving takes a Certificate of Surrender at $60, so applying, publishing and surrendering comes to $360. Keep the filing receipt, since it shows when authority began and gives the date the surrender statement needs. Keep each newspaper invoice and affidavit with it, along with the filed Certificate of Publication.

Costs you pay yourself

Filing alone saves our charge but not the other costs. You pay $250 to the Department, $50 to file proof of publication, whatever the two newspapers charge, and the home-state certificate fee. A Delaware LLC adds its tax, and any LLC that wants speed adds an expedite fee of $25, $75 or $150. The Department's two fees alone come to $300.

What to file away

Hold on to the filed application, the certificate you attached, the filing receipt, the clerk's designation, each newspaper's invoice and affidavit, the filed Certificate of Publication and your payment records. When the biennial statement falls due two years on, you will want them.

If the LLC was formed outside the United States

You have an extra duty. LLCs formed under the law of a foreign country must file a beneficial owner disclosure or an attestation of exemption within thirty days of filing an application for authority and each year after, and those authorized before January 1, 2026 had until December 31, 2026. The reporting page has the contents and how to submit it.

Filing alone, or with our help

Our fee, $199, buys the checking: the certificate against the form, the dates against each other, the county choice, and the submission. If you file alone, read the guide and the cost page first.

The self-filing sequence

  1. Get the home certificate

    A year old at most.

  2. Complete Form DOS-1361-f-a

    Seven statements and a signer capacity.

  3. Mail it with the fee

    $250 to the Department of State in Albany.

  4. Arrange publication

    Contact the county clerk for the two papers.

  5. File the Certificate of Publication

    With the affidavits and $50.

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.

Self-filing questions

Can I file in person?

The Department's pages describe mail delivery to Albany and expedite tiers that include hand delivery.

Do I have to use the Department's form?

No. An LLC may draft its own.

How do I pay?

By check, money order or card to the Department of State. Do not mail cash.

Who designates the newspapers?

The clerk of the county named in the application.

Order my New York filing

Our fee and the New York fee

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  • The New York Application for Authority drafted from your replies
  • Your home-state certificate of existence checked for age before filing
  • A New York registered agent, ours or yours
  • The filed record emailed to you
  • Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
New York

$199

+ $250 New York fee (LLC)

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New York charges $250 for an LLC, $225 for a corporation and $135 for a nonprofit. Publication for an LLC is a separate step with its own costs. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

  1. New York Department of State, Application for Authority for foreign limited liability companies
  2. New York Department of State, Form DOS-1361-f-a, Application for Authority of a foreign LLC
  3. New York Department of State, fee schedules
  4. New York Department of State, Application for Authority for a foreign business corporation
  5. New York Business Express, foreign not-for-profit Application for Authority
  6. New York Department of State, Certificate of Publication for a foreign limited liability company
  7. New York Business Express, foreign LLC Application for Authority (DOS 1361-f-a)
  8. New York Department of State, expedited handling services
  9. New York Department of State, important updates for the Division of Corporations
  10. New York Limited Liability Company Law, section 805
  11. New York Limited Liability Company Law, section 802
  12. New York Department of State, biennial statements
  13. New York Department of State, Certificate of Amendment for a foreign limited liability company
  14. New York Department of State, Certificate of Change for a foreign limited liability company
  15. New York Department of State, Certificate of Change (by agent) for a foreign limited liability company
  16. New York Department of State, Certificate of Surrender of Authority for foreign limited liability companies
  17. New York Department of State, beneficial ownership disclosure frequently asked questions
  18. New York Department of State, beneficial owner disclosure

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