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Doing business in Indiana from another state

If your LLC does business in Indiana as Indiana defines it, you register with the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division for $105.

Step 1: put these questions to Indiana’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: Indiana Code 23-0.5-5, registration of foreign entities; Indiana Code 23-0.5-4, registered agents.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
State Form 56369, Foreign Registration Statement
Fee
$105
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence (commonly called a certificate of good standing), no older than 60 days
Agent
A registered agent in Indiana

$105 filed online through INBiz ($75 statutory fee plus a $30 enhanced-access fee); $125 on paper.

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Indiana (2026)

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

#ServiceService feeIndiana feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$105Year one included, then $149/yr
2IN Registered Agent.org$199$105Year one included, then $99/yr
3Indiana Registered Agent.co$199$105Year one included, then $99/yr

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

Indiana questions

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

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

What does registering in Indiana cost?

$105 to the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division. $105 filed online through INBiz ($75 statutory fee plus a $30 enhanced-access fee); $125 on paper.

What is required after registering?

Business Entity Report, filed every two years (Indiana Secretary of State), $32 (due: end of your anniversary month, every other year), and a registered agent in Indiana.

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