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What does Foreign LLC mean?

Every state except the home state counts your LLC as foreign.

Answered by the Ask About LLC editorial team ·

The short version

Also known as
Out-of-state LLC

Why should I care?

Domestic where it was formed, foreign everywhere else. Being foreign is ordinary. Operating without registering is the problem.

Does my state do it differently?

Registration fees go from $50 (Michigan) to $750 (Texas). See every state's rule.

Where does this come up?

You will meet it in these answers: Forming an LLC: your state's answers, Do I need a registered agent where I live?, Taking an LLC to another state: your state's answers.

Sources for this answer

  1. Ask-about note for LARA Corporations Division: the state publishes it at michigan.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  2. Ask-about note for LARA limited liability company forms: the state publishes it at michigan.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  3. Ask-about note for MCL 450.5002, certificate of authority: the state publishes it at legislature.mi.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  4. Ask-about note for MCL 450.5008, activities that are: the state publishes it at legislature.mi.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  5. Ask-about note for MCL 450.5007, consequences of transacting: the state publishes it at legislature.mi.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  6. Ask-about note for LARA annual reports and annual: the state publishes it at michigan.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  7. Ask-about note for Texas Secretary of State, foreign: the state publishes it at sos.state.tx.us, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  8. Ask-about note for Form 304 instructions: the state publishes it at sos.state.tx.us, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  9. Ask-about note for Fee schedule, Form 806: the state publishes it at sos.texas.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  10. Ask-about note for Business Organizations Code, Chapter 9: the state publishes it at statutes.capitol.texas.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself
  11. Ask-about note for Texas Comptroller, franchise tax: the state publishes it at comptroller.texas.gov, confirmed October 2026, so you can look it up yourself