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Doing business in Idaho from another state

If your LLC does business in Idaho as Idaho defines it, you register with the Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services for $100.

Step 1: put these questions to Idaho’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: Idaho Code 30-21-505, activities that are not doing business; Idaho Code 30-21-213, annual report.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Foreign Registration Statement
Fee
$100
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence (certificate of good standing) from the home state, no older than 90 days
Agent
A registered agent in Idaho

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Idaho (2026)

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

#ServiceService feeIdaho feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$100Year one included, then $149/yr
2ID Registered Agent.org$199$100Year one included, then $99/yr
3Idaho Registered Agent.co$199$100Year one included, then $99/yr

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

Idaho questions

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

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

What does registering in Idaho cost?

$100 to the Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services.

What is required after registering?

Annual report (Idaho Secretary of State, no fee), no fee (due: before the end of the month in which the LLC registered), and a registered agent in Idaho.

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