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Tennessee foreign LLC registration: the full price list

A foreign LLC pays the Tennessee Secretary of State $50 for each member to file SS-4233, with $300 as the least and $3,000 as the most. The yearly report follows the same scale. Preparing and filing through us is $199, and checkout shows it as its own line.

The Tennessee fee by member count

Members	Application fee	How it is worked out
1 to 6	$300	The $300 minimum applies
7	$350	7 x $50
10	$500	10 x $50
60 or more	$3,000	The maximum applies

The count that matters is the number of members when the application is filed. When there are more than 6, the application states the number.

Other Tennessee filings and what they cost

Filing	Form	State fee
Certificate of authority, foreign LLC	Form SS-4233	from $300
Certificate of authority, foreign corporation	Form SS-4431	$600
Certificate of authority, foreign nonprofit	Form SS-4432	$600
Registration, foreign limited partnership	On paper only	$600
Amended certificate, LLC	Form SS-4231	$20
Amended certificate, corporation	Form SS-4435	$20
Change of registered agent or office	Form SS-4534	$20
Assumed name	Form SS-4402	$20
Consent to an indistinguishable name	Form SS-9411	$20
Withdrawal or cancellation	Form SS-4241	$20
Reinstatement after revocation	Form SS-9410	$70

Foreign limited liability partnerships and foreign limited partnerships file on paper.

Totals for the first year

Scenario	To the state	Sum
LLC with six or fewer members applies	$300	$300 minimum
The same LLC, first year with its annual report	$600	$300 + $300
Ten-member LLC, first year with its annual report	$1,000	$500 + $500
LLC applies and changes its agent	$320	$300 + $20
LLC applies and later withdraws	$320	$300 + $20
LLC that waited two calendar years to register	$2,100	$1,800 fine + $300
Corporation, first year with its annual report	$620	$600 + $20
Corporation applies and withdraws	$620	$600 + $20
Delaware LLC, first year with Delaware tax	$1,000	$300 + $300 + $400
Delaware LLC with its Delaware certificate	$350	$300 + $50
Wyoming LLC, first year with its minimum	$660	$300 + $300 + $60

Why the count matters twice

The member count sets the application fee, and it sets the annual report fee again every year. A ten-member LLC pays $500 to apply and $500 for each report, so the first year costs $1,000. Because both bills grow with the count, it pays to state the number accurately and to know it before you file.

The fine for waiting

A company that operates here unregistered is fined 3 times the filing fee for each year, or part of one, in which it lacked a certificate. At the minimum fee that is $900 a year. Two calendar years of operation before registering cost $1,800 in fines on top of the application, $2,100 in all, and the application waits until the fine is paid.

Name filings

Tennessee prices the name routes at $20 for another holder's written consent, $20 for an assumed name, $20 for a reservation and $20 for a registered name.

Costs outside the Tennessee fee

Your home state charges for its certificate: $50 in Delaware and $0 in Wyoming. If you want a Tennessee registered agent from us, checkout lists that apart from the filing fee. A request for a Tennessee certificate or for certified copies costs $20.

The other entity types in short

The flat-fee entities (corporations, nonprofits and limited partnerships) pay $600 to apply, whatever their size. A corporation then pays $20 a year. Only an LLC pays by the member.

What our fee covers

Our fee, $199, covers counting the members with you, drafting SS-4233, requesting the home certificate to fit the two-month window and filing. The do-it-yourself page lays out the route for owners who prefer to file themselves.

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.

Fee questions

Does Tennessee charge by the member?

Yes, $50 a member, from $300 to $3,000.

Is the annual report the same fee?

It uses the same scale, from $300 to $3,000.

What does a corporation pay?

$600 to apply and $20 a year.

How big is the fine for registering late?

3 times the filing fee for each year or part, or $900 a year at the minimum.

How will I see the state fee?

Checkout prints it on a separate line.

What you pay

Register in Tennessee

SS-4233, completed from your answers
A home certificate requested to fit the two-month window
A Tennessee registered agent, either from us or of your choosing
The filed application, returned to you as your certificate
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Tennessee

$199

+ from $300 Tennessee fee

The Tennessee fee for an LLC starts at $300 and rises with the member count; checkout prices your count on its own line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

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