Minnesota Certificate of Authority / About
About Minnesota Certificate of Authority
Minnesota Certificate of Authority obtains Minnesota certificates of authority for outside LLCs, corporations, nonprofits and partnerships, meaning those formed in another state.
One document, several routes
Minnesota issues one kind of paper to outside entities, yet each entity type reaches it by a different route. Knowing which route is yours is most of the work.
Questions for your attorney
Whether an activity amounts to transacting business, how Minnesota taxes an entity, and what happened in earlier years are questions for a Minnesota attorney or accountant. We prepare the application and file it.
How the facts are sourced
Prices, deadlines and rules come from Minnesota statutes, official forms and the state's fee schedule, and each page names its sources.
Our fee and the state's
Order my Minnesota certificate
$199
+ $205 state fee (LLC)
The state fee depends on the entity: $205 for an LLC, $220 for a corporation, $70 for a nonprofit, all online. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
- The right Minnesota application for your kind of entity, filled in for you
- Draft wording for the signer's home-state compliance statement
- A registered office and agent in Minnesota: ours, or yours
- Online submission and the issued certificate delivered to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Know your entity type?
Tell us what the company is and where it was formed, and we start the right application.