Louisiana LLC Annual Report: $35 Filing Fee and Anniversary Deadline (2026)
Louisiana LLC annual reports are due by the anniversary date. The current SOS fee is $35 per report, with an applicable $5 card convenience fee separate. Check the actual registry and filing history.
File the annual report by the LLC’s anniversary date and check the actual SOS record for the due date and status. The current report fee is $35; credit-card payments add a separate $5 convenience fee. The SOS permits printing/filing near the due date. Do not infer unpaid reports from the formation date alone.
- Fee
- $35 plus applicable card fee
- Due date
- Your anniversary date
- Early filing window
- 30 days before
- Reminders
- Email/text ~30 days out
- Missed deadline
- Not in good standing
- 3 unfiled years
- Revocation
What the Louisiana Annual Report Is
A five-minute compliance confirmation — no revenue data, no tax figures. Louisiana wants your current principal office, registered agent, and members/managers on record. The distinctive part is the clock:
- Due by your anniversary date — the exact date the Secretary of State approved your LLC. Formed October 10? Every report is due by October 10. There is no statewide deadline.
- 30-day early window: filing opens a month before your due date.
- Digital reminders only: the state stopped mailing postcards in 2016 — reminders come by email/text tied to your geauxBIZ account, roughly 30 days out.
- Current filing charge — $35 per Annual Report, with an applicable $5 card convenience fee separate. Check the actual anniversary date and filing history.
Your Deadline — Calculated
Louisiana Anniversary Deadline Calculator
Pick your formation month · get your filing window, reminder date, and risk timeline
Your precise due date is your exact approval day; this tool works at month level. Confirm the exact date on your certified Articles or in geauxBIZ.
How to File in 5 Minutes
Log in to geauxBIZ
Annual reports file through your geauxBIZ account — the same portal that formed your LLC. Keep the email on that account current; it's where reminders go.
Confirm or update your information
Principal office, registered agent, members/managers. Agent changes involve the agent's own acceptance, per Louisiana's standing rule.
Pay and save the confirmation
The current annual-report fee is $35, with any applicable $5 card convenience fee separate. Check the actual SOS filing history and current instructions. Follow the separate reinstatement process if the record is revoked; a report payment alone does not certify good standing.
File the day the window opens. Your 30-day early window is the anniversary-date system's escape hatch: set one recurring reminder for "anniversary minus 30" and file that day, every year. The deadline becomes irrelevant.
What Happens If You Miss Your Anniversary
Day 1 late: not in good standing
The state marks your LLC "not in good standing" — visible to banks, lenders, and anyone who checks the public record.
Years 1–3: the clock runs
The current annual-report fee is $35, with any applicable $5 card convenience fee separate. Check the actual SOS filing history and current instructions. Follow the separate reinstatement process if the record is revoked; a report payment alone does not certify good standing.
Three consecutive unfiled years: revocation
The state revokes your LLC. Liability protection for new business is compromised, your name becomes vulnerable, and undoing it costs more than three on-time reports ever would.
Reinstating a Revoked Louisiana LLC
The current annual-report fee is $35, with any applicable $5 card convenience fee separate. Check the actual SOS filing history and current instructions. Follow the separate reinstatement process if the record is revoked; a report payment alone does not certify good standing.
Ahmad Adil's Take: anniversary-date deadlines are sneakier than fixed statewide ones. "The random Tuesday in October when your LLC happened to be approved" is famous to nobody. And since Louisiana's reminders are email-only, a changed email address silently severs your last safety line. Two fixes, five minutes: a recurring calendar event at anniversary-minus-30, and a geauxBIZ account email you'll still own in ten years — not your old job's address.
- ✓Optional formation assistance; confirm filing scope, service pricing and submission responsibilities.
- ✓Confirm reminder and follow-up filing services; the LLC remains responsible for its deadlines.
- ✓Confirm registered-agent eligibility, coverage, included periods and renewal charges.
- ✓Review address-use rules and privacy policies; a service does not remove all information from public filings.
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Current Annual Report Charge
The current Louisiana SOS fee schedule and October 2026 forms list $125 for domestic LLC Articles, $35 for an Annual Report and $30 for Form 983 agent/office change. Optional routine expedite adds $35 and priority expedite adds $60. Credit-card payments carry a separate $5 statutory convenience fee. Use the current channel’s total rather than the older 100/30/25 filing amounts.
Current SOS report and convenience fees.
Louisiana LLC — FAQ
Ahmad Adil is the founder and CEO of LLC School. For filing and ongoing compliance, confirm the requirements with the responsible state agency. This is educational information, not legal or tax advice.
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