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Doing business in New York from another state

If your LLC does business in New York as New York defines it, you register with the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations for $250.

Step 1: put these questions to New York’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.

New York’s sources do not name a statute on this page; start at the New York filing page.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Form DOS-1361-f-a, Application for Authority of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
Fee
$250
Paper from your home state
Certificate of Existence (also called a Certificate of Good Standing), no older than 365 days
Agent
A registered agent in New York

$250 for the Application for Authority; New York also requires publication within 120 days.

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in New York (2026)

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

#ServiceService feeNew York feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$250Year one included, then $149/yr
2New York Registered Agent.ai$199$250Year one included, then $99/yr
3NY Registered Agent.org$199$250Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s New York page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations.

New York questions

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

When its activity in New York meets New York’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it through the New York filing page.

What does registering in New York cost?

$250 to the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations. $250 for the Application for Authority; New York also requires publication within 120 days.

What is required after registering?

Biennial statement (filed with the Department of State), $9 (due: every two years, in the month the application was filed), and a registered agent in New York.

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