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Louisiana Foreign Registration / Form 972

Louisiana Form 972, the foreign LLC application, item by item

Form 972 is the Application of Foreign Limited Liability Company. An LLC formed outside Louisiana files it with the Commercial Division of the Secretary of State, the fee is $185, and the form has 10 numbered items plus two notarized signature blocks. The revision is dated 10/26. We prepare it for $199.

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Form 972 at a glance

Official title
Application of Foreign Limited Liability Company
Statute
La. R.S. 12:1345
Fee
$185
Copies
Two, executed in duplicate
Signer
a manager, if management is vested in one or more managers, or a member, if management is reserved to the members
Attached
A home-state certificate dated within 90 days
Return address
Commercial Division, P. O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125

The boxes at the top

Two check lines sit above item 1. One says business or nonprofit, and an LLC ticks business unless it has a nonprofit purpose. The other says original application or amended application. A first filing is an original. The same form serves for an amendment when the LLC changes its name or the business it does here.

Items 1 to 3: who the LLC is

Item 1 is the LLC's name, copied letter for letter from the home-state certificate. Item 2 is a previous name, if any, and a name change needs a separate certificate of fact from the home state to prove it. Item 3 has two blanks on one line: the date the LLC was organized and its period of duration, which is left empty if the formation papers state none.

Items 4 to 6: three addresses

Item 4 is the principal office address in the state or country of organization. Item 5 is the principal business office address wherever it is, and the form says to write none if there is not one. Item 6 is the principal business establishment in Louisiana. The form insists on complete street addresses for this group. An LLC with no Louisiana location of its own is treated, under the statute, as based at its agent's address.

Items 7 and 8: the Louisiana office and agent

Item 7 is the registered office address in Louisiana. Item 8 is the registered agent's name and address. When the agent is an individual or a company, the two addresses must match. The agent page explains who qualifies.

Items 9 and 10: the business and the people

Item 9 describes the nature of the business to be transacted in Louisiana. The statute also wants a statement that the LLC is empowered to do that business under its home law, so write the description to fit the operating agreement. Item 10 lists names and addresses of the members and managers. A long list goes on an addendum.

The signature and the two notary blocks

Below item 10 the signer, a member or a manager, adds a title and date. Directly under that is a notary block sworn on the same day. The second block, headed agent's acceptance and acknowledgement of appointment, is signed by the registered agent and sworn before a notary too. The statute calls this the notarized affidavit of acknowledgment and acceptance. A missing affidavit does not excuse proper service on the LLC, but it can get the filing sent back.

What goes in the envelope

A transmittal page with the filer's name, phone, address and the service level chosen. Then two executed copies, plus the certificate and the payment, payable to the Secretary of State. Mail to the Commercial Division at Commercial Division, P. O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125, or deliver in person at 8585 Archives Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70809.

Fee and speed

The fee is $185. Add $35 for 24-hour processing or $60 for 2 to 4 hour processing.

Why applications come back

These reasons send a Form 972 back:

  • A name typed differently from the certificate's.
  • The certificate is dated more than 90 days before submission, or is a copy.
  • Only one copy of the application arrives.
  • The notary block is empty, or the agent's acceptance is unsigned.
  • The registered office is not the agent's street address.
  • The LLC's name contains engineer, engineering, surveyor or surveying and the licensing board has not been told.

How we prepare Form 972

  1. You send the facts

    Name, formation date, offices and managers.

  2. We draft the ten items

    From your certificate and your answers.

  3. You sign before a notary

    The signer and the agent each sign a sworn block.

  4. We check the date and the copies

    Two copies, one certificate, one payment.

  5. We file

    The package goes to Baton Rouge with $185.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Form 972 questions

Is Form 972 the same as an annual report?

No. It is the first application. The annual report is a separate yearly filing.

Can a corporation use Form 972?

No. A foreign corporation uses Form 326.

Do I attach the articles of organization?

Louisiana asks for a certificate of existence or good standing, not a copy of the articles.

We prepare Form 972

Our fee and Louisiana's

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$199

+ $185 Louisiana fee

  • Form 972 completed in duplicate for the member or manager to sign
  • A review of your home-state certificate against the 90-day limit
  • A Louisiana registered agent and office that meet the statute, ours or yours, with the agent's notarized acceptance
  • The package filed in Baton Rouge, then your grant of authority sent back
  • Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
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Louisiana's $185 is shown as its own line at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

  1. Louisiana Secretary of State, forms and fee schedule
  2. Louisiana Secretary of State fee schedule effective 10/1/26
  3. La. R.S. 12:1345, application for certificate of authority
  4. Louisiana Form 972, application of a foreign limited liability company
  5. La. R.S. 12:1350.1, annual report
  6. Louisiana Form 326, application of a foreign corporation for certificate of authority
  7. Louisiana Form 338, application to withdraw a foreign corporation or limited liability company
  8. Louisiana Form 346, statement of change for a foreign corporation or limited liability company
  9. La. R.S. 12:1348, amended certificate of authority
  10. La. R.S. 12:307, amended corporation certificate
  11. La. R.S. 12:1350, registered agent and registered office
  12. La. R.S. 12:304, application of a foreign corporation

Louisiana paperwork, assembled for you

Give us the details and we prepare the form, the acceptance and the cover sheet.

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