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Five situations that raise the question
A second state rarely asks you to register because of a label; it asks because of something the LLC does there. These are the situations that come up most, each with the question to put to the statute.
1. An employee or contractor works from the state
Ask whether the statute counts work done by people located in the state, and whether employees and independent contractors are treated alike.
2. You sell to customers there but have no one on the ground
Ask whether the statute treats sales from outside the state differently from activity inside it.
3. The LLC owns or leases property there
Ask whether owning or leasing real estate is listed as an activity that does, or does not, count.
4. You open an office, shop or warehouse
Ask whether a fixed place of business is named in the statute. Settle the answer before you sign a lease.
5. You hold meetings or keep a bank account there
Ask whether the statute lists these ancillary activities, and whether they count by themselves.
Then what?
If the statute says the situation counts, register before you continue. Mainstay Filing prepares the foreign-LLC application in all 50 states. Find your state in the table.