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Doing business in Arkansas from another state

If your LLC does business in Arkansas as Arkansas defines it, you register with the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services for $270.

Step 1: put these questions to Arkansas’s law

  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.

The law, as listed in the state’s own sources: Act 1041 of 2021, Uniform LLC Act (PDF).

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Form FL-01, Application for Certificate of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company
Fee
$270
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence (good standing) from the home state, no older than 30 days
Agent
A registered agent in Arkansas

$270 filed online; $300 on paper.

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Arkansas (2026)

Step 3: if you would rather not file it yourself.

#ServiceService feeArkansas feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$270Year one included, then $149/yr
2AR Registered Agent.org$199$270Year one included, then $99/yr
3Arkansas Registered Agent.co$199$270Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s Arkansas page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services.

Arkansas questions

When does an LLC from another state have to register in Arkansas?

When its activity in Arkansas meets Arkansas’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it in the law linked below.

What does registering in Arkansas cost?

$270 to the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services. $270 filed online; $300 on paper.

What is required after registering?

Annual LLC franchise tax report (Arkansas Secretary of State), $150 (due: may 1), and a registered agent in Arkansas.

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