Louisiana Certificate of Authority / Yearly report
The annual report that keeps a Louisiana certificate of authority in force
Every holder of a Louisiana certificate of authority files an annual report, and the fee is $35. For an LLC the due date is the anniversary of qualification, and a member or manager signs. A holder that goes delinquent loses good standing and risks revocation.
LLC and corporation reports compared
| Point | LLC | Corporation |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | $35 | $35 |
| Due | On or before the anniversary of qualification | On the anniversary of qualifying |
| First report | A year after the grant | The anniversary in the year after the calendar year of the grant |
| Lists | Addresses and the agent | Directors, officers and changes |
Counting from the grant
Louisiana ties the date to the certificate, not the calendar. Read the filing stamp on the application the day it returns and put its anniversary on a calendar. That date, not January 1 or any fiscal year end, is the deadline each year for an LLC.
Contents for an LLC
An LLC's report restates the registered office and principal business office outside the state, the principal business establishment in Louisiana, the registered office in Louisiana and the registered agent. A member or manager signs it. It contains no financial statements.
Contents for a corporation
A corporation's report lists its name, its directors and officers, and any change since the last report to the registered office, the registered agent, the home and outside principal offices and the Louisiana principal business establishment, and its first report is due on the anniversary of qualifying in the year after the calendar year the certificate issued.
The fee and the schedule
The fee is $35 a year. Three reports cost $105.
Cost over time
The report is $35 a year and the first one falls a year after the grant. A holder that keeps the certificate for three years pays $105 in reports, which brings the Louisiana total with the application to $290, and $475 if the entity then withdraws.
Changing the people on record
When the people change, an LLC files Form 346B and a corporation files Form 346A, $30 each. The annual report echoes the current names without standing in for either statement, and the same holds for agent changes.
Late filing and good standing
A late annual report is a statutory ground for revocation, and it is also the definition of not being in good standing. A holder in that position cannot do commercial business with the state, and an existing contract with it may be declared null. A written warning at least 60 days ahead comes first.
Lifting a suspension
After six months of suspension for a missed report, filing the report alone is not enough: the holder also supplies a certificate of existence or good standing from its home state, issued within 90 days.
Reports and changes of agent
Changing the agent or the registered office is its own filing, Form 346, at $30. The annual report repeats what is current but does not replace that filing.
If withdrawal is coming
The duty to file continues until a certificate of withdrawal is issued. File a report that falls before the withdrawal date, or revocation can begin on a certificate you are ending anyway. See the withdrawal page.
Habits that prevent a miss
- Put the anniversary on a shared calendar the day the grant arrives.
- Assign a named person to file it.
- Review the agent and addresses a month ahead.
- Keep a copy of each report with the certificate.
A report is not a change filing
A report can repeat a new agent's name, but the agent change is made on Form 346 at $30, with a new acceptance. If the two disagree, the state's record of the agent follows the statement of change. Do the statement first and the report afterward.
Does a first-year entity owe a report right away?
For an LLC, the first report comes due a year after the grant. For a corporation, it falls on the anniversary in the year after the calendar year of the grant. In both cases the entity does not file in the same month it receives the certificate.
Annual report questions
What does the report cost?
$35.
Is it due on a calendar date?
No. It follows the anniversary of qualification.
Who signs for an LLC?
A member or manager.
Our fee and the state's
Get my Louisiana certificate
+ $185 Louisiana fee
- The Application for Authority to Transact Business in Louisiana, Foreign Limited Liability Company (Form 972), completed from your answers
- The registered agent's sworn acceptance, collected and attached with your home-state certificate
- A Louisiana registered agent and street office, supplied by us or by you
- The package sent to the Commercial Division, and the filed certificate returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
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Sources
- Louisiana Secretary of State, forms and fee schedule
- Louisiana Secretary of State fee schedule effective 10/1/26
- Louisiana Form 972, application of a foreign limited liability company
- La. R.S. 12:1345, application for certificate of authority
- La. R.S. 12:1350.1, annual report
- La. R.S. 12:309, annual report of a foreign corporation
- La. R.S. 12:1353, revocation or suspension of certificate of authority
- La. R.S. 12:313, revocation of a foreign corporation certificate
- Louisiana Form 346, statement of change for a foreign corporation or limited liability company
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