What happens if I file my Louisiana LLC annual report late?

Louisiana charges no late fee for an LLC annual report. A late filer pays the same $35 as an on-time filer, and the state publishes no penalty schedule, because there is none. That does not make a missed deadline harmless. Once your report is past due your LLC stops being in good standing with the Secretary of State, which blocks the good standing certificate that banks, lenders and business partners routinely ask for. The real risk is revocation. Under Louisiana law, if an LLC fails to file an annual report for three consecutive years the Secretary of State must revoke its articles of organization, after at least 30 days' written notice mailed to the last registered agent on file. Articles are reinstated if an application for reinstatement, the current annual report and the reinstatement fee set by Louisiana law are filed within three years of the effective date of the revocation. Revocation does not by itself strip members of the limited liability the LLC gave them, but it does interrupt the entity's legal existence, which is its own problem in a contract or a financing. File through the Secretary of State's geauxBIZ portal at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov on or before your anniversary date.

How do I file my Louisiana LLC annual report?

The easiest route is the Louisiana Secretary of State's geauxBIZ portal at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov, though mail filing is also available, and businesses in fourteen parishes must file online. The report is due on or before the anniversary date of your LLC's organization each year under Louisiana law, and the fee is $35. If your LLC is in its first year, the first report is due on the first anniversary of the day your articles of organization were filed. The portal asks for your LLC's charter number and registered agent information, and filing online gives you immediate confirmation of submission. Louisiana publishes no routine processing time for business filings, so allow room if a lender or a counterparty needs to see the updated record. Card payments carry an additional $5 statutory convenience fee. To get started, go to geauxbiz.sos.la.gov and log in, or create an account if you have not filed before.

How much does it cost to file a Louisiana LLC annual report?

The Louisiana LLC annual report fee is $35, payable to the Secretary of State, and it is the same whether you file through the geauxBIZ portal or mail a paper form. A 2026 Louisiana law raised it from $30 to $35 on October 1, 2026. If you file by mail, include a check or money order for the fee with the completed form. If you pay online by card, Louisiana adds a $5 statutory convenience fee. There is no late fee at any point, so the amount does not grow if you file after your anniversary date, and there is no separate paper surcharge. The $35 is separate from any registered agent service you pay for. Because the report is due on or before the anniversary date of organization each year, it is a predictable annual line item rather than something that moves with the tax calendar, which makes it easy to budget alongside your registered agent renewal.

When is my Louisiana LLC annual report due?

Louisiana law requires the report on or before the anniversary date of organization each year, not on a fixed statewide date. If your articles of organization were filed on March 12, your report is due on or before March 12 every year, and your very first report is due on the first anniversary of that filing date. The fee is $35, and you file through the geauxBIZ portal or by mail. Louisiana charges no monetary late penalty, so nothing is added if you file late, but a past-due report costs you good standing, and missing three consecutive annual reports lets the Secretary of State revoke your articles of organization after at least 30 days' written notice to your registered agent. Put your organization date in your calendar now and file ahead of it, since Louisiana publishes no processing time you can rely on.

Are there any exemptions from filing Louisiana LLC annual reports?

No. Every Louisiana LLC files an annual report regardless of business activity, income, or whether it traded at all that year. A dormant LLC files exactly the same report as an active one. The Secretary of State publishes no exemption from the requirement. Whether your LLC earned nothing or a great deal, you file on or before the anniversary date of organization and pay the $35 fee. Single-member and multi-member LLCs are treated alike. Not filing has real consequences even without a late fee. Your LLC loses good standing, and under Louisiana law three consecutive missed reports let the Secretary of State revoke your articles of organization after at least 30 days' written notice to your registered agent. Reinstatement is possible within three years of the effective date of the revocation, and it requires an application, the current annual report, and the reinstatement fee set by Louisiana law. If you are winding the business down, the report keeps the LLC in good standing until you formally dissolve it. Filing the report or dissolving deliberately both beat letting the entity drift into revocation.

Louisiana LLC Annual Report: $35, Filed Every Year

File on or before the anniversary date of your LLC's organization each year, for $35. Your first report is due on the first anniversary of the day your articles of organization were filed.

By Edmond Hui · Last updated: October 2026

Louisiana LLC annual reports are due anniversary date of LLC formation and cost $35 to file. See details below.

Filing for a corporation instead? See the Louisiana corporation annual report.

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When is the Louisiana LLC annual report due, and what does it cost?

Due Date	Anniversary date of LLC formation
Fee	$35
Filing Method	Online or mail
Late Penalty	None, Louisiana charges no monetary late fee
Official state page	www.sos.la.gov

Step diagram for filing the Louisiana LLC annual report, $35 filing fee, due Anniversary date of LLC formation. — Filing the Louisiana annual report, with the state's own fee and deadline. Source: Louisiana Secretary of State.

How do you file the Louisiana LLC annual report?

1
Gather Required Information
Collect your LLC's charter number, current registered agent information, principal office address, member and manager details, and a short description of the nature of your business. Check the date your articles of organization were filed as well, because that date sets your deadline every year.
2
Access Louisiana GeauxBiz Portal
Visit the Louisiana Secretary of State's geauxBIZ portal at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov and log into your business account, or create one if you are filing for the first time. Businesses in fourteen parishes, including Orleans, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Caddo and Lafayette, must file all available business documents online.
3
Complete the Annual Report Form
Fill out all required fields, including any changes to your LLC's information, verify that the existing data is accurate, and review the $35 filing fee. Under Louisiana law the report is due on or before the anniversary date of organization, so a first-year LLC files on the first anniversary of the day its articles were filed.
4
Submit Payment and File
Pay the $35 annual report fee by credit card, debit card, or electronic check, then submit the completed form. Card payments carry an additional $5 statutory convenience fee. A 2026 Louisiana law raised the annual report fee from $30 to $35 on October 1, 2026.
5
Save Confirmation and Records
Download and save your filing confirmation for your records. Louisiana publishes no routine processing time, so do not leave the filing to the anniversary date itself if you need the record updated by a particular day.

Do You Need a Paid Service to File?

No. You can file this report yourself, using the filing method in the table above, and pay only the state's own fee shown there, with no service fee on top.

Hiring a registered agent service is a separate choice, and it is optional too. Every LLC must keep a registered agent, but in most states the LLC's owner, or another individual who qualifies, may serve as its registered agent themselves, generally subject to that state's rules on keeping a street address in the state and being available there during normal business hours. The Louisiana registered agent requirements set out what Louisiana itself asks.

Registered agent services for Louisiana LLCs

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This list is not scored. The four are listed cheapest annual renewal first, and every claim below is about the services listed here rather than the whole market.

Northwest Registered Agent$125/yr renewal
Best for: Privacy-focused owners and anyone who just needs an agent, not a formation bundle
Bizee$149/yr renewal
Best for: A free first year (some visitors are being shown shorter free periods, so confirm at checkout), renewing at $149/yr, if you're comfortable with the BBB caveat
ZenBusiness$199/yr renewal
Best for: First-time founders forming a new LLC who want phone, email and chat support
LegalZoom$249/yr renewal
Best for: Complex structures that want attorney consultations, which come with LegalZoom's $299 formation plan (and, in one version of its plans, the $249 plan) rather than this renewal price

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This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state publishes about filing deadlines, fees, and the consequences of missing them, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you what your own company owes: the date turns on when and where you formed, states change these rules between our reviews, and in several states an entity-level tax falls due in a year when no report does. Confirm your own dates with the filing office named on this page before you rely on one here, because missing a deadline can cost the company its good standing or, in many states, its existence.

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Frequently Asked Questions

: Louisiana charges no late fee for an LLC annual report. A late filer pays the same $35 as an on-time filer, and the state publishes no penalty schedule, because there is none. That does not make a missed deadline harmless. Once your report is past due your LLC stops being in good standing with the Secretary of State, which blocks the good standing certificate that banks, lenders and business partners routinely ask for. The real risk is revocation. Under Louisiana law, if an LLC fails to file an annual report for three consecutive years the Secretary of State must revoke its articles of organization, after at least 30 days' written notice mailed to the last registered agent on file. Articles are reinstated if an application for reinstatement, the current annual report and the reinstatement fee set by Louisiana law are filed within three years of the effective date of the revocation. Revocation does not by itself strip members of the limited liability the LLC gave them, but it does interrupt the entity's legal existence, which is its own problem in a contract or a financing. File through the Secretary of State's geauxBIZ portal at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov on or before your anniversary date.
: The easiest route is the Louisiana Secretary of State's geauxBIZ portal at geauxbiz.sos.la.gov, though mail filing is also available, and businesses in fourteen parishes must file online. The report is due on or before the anniversary date of your LLC's organization each year under Louisiana law, and the fee is $35. If your LLC is in its first year, the first report is due on the first anniversary of the day your articles of organization were filed. The portal asks for your LLC's charter number and registered agent information, and filing online gives you immediate confirmation of submission. Louisiana publishes no routine processing time for business filings, so allow room if a lender or a counterparty needs to see the updated record. Card payments carry an additional $5 statutory convenience fee. To get started, go to geauxbiz.sos.la.gov and log in, or create an account if you have not filed before.
: The Louisiana LLC annual report fee is $35, payable to the Secretary of State, and it is the same whether you file through the geauxBIZ portal or mail a paper form. A 2026 Louisiana law raised it from $30 to $35 on October 1, 2026. If you file by mail, include a check or money order for the fee with the completed form. If you pay online by card, Louisiana adds a $5 statutory convenience fee. There is no late fee at any point, so the amount does not grow if you file after your anniversary date, and there is no separate paper surcharge. The $35 is separate from any registered agent service you pay for. Because the report is due on or before the anniversary date of organization each year, it is a predictable annual line item rather than something that moves with the tax calendar, which makes it easy to budget alongside your registered agent renewal.
: Louisiana law requires the report on or before the anniversary date of organization each year, not on a fixed statewide date. If your articles of organization were filed on March 12, your report is due on or before March 12 every year, and your very first report is due on the first anniversary of that filing date. The fee is $35, and you file through the geauxBIZ portal or by mail. Louisiana charges no monetary late penalty, so nothing is added if you file late, but a past-due report costs you good standing, and missing three consecutive annual reports lets the Secretary of State revoke your articles of organization after at least 30 days' written notice to your registered agent. Put your organization date in your calendar now and file ahead of it, since Louisiana publishes no processing time you can rely on.
: No. Every Louisiana LLC files an annual report regardless of business activity, income, or whether it traded at all that year. A dormant LLC files exactly the same report as an active one. The Secretary of State publishes no exemption from the requirement. Whether your LLC earned nothing or a great deal, you file on or before the anniversary date of organization and pay the $35 fee. Single-member and multi-member LLCs are treated alike. Not filing has real consequences even without a late fee. Your LLC loses good standing, and under Louisiana law three consecutive missed reports let the Secretary of State revoke your articles of organization after at least 30 days' written notice to your registered agent. Reinstatement is possible within three years of the effective date of the revocation, and it requires an application, the current annual report, and the reinstatement fee set by Louisiana law. If you are winding the business down, the report keeps the LLC in good standing until you formally dissolve it. Filing the report or dissolving deliberately both beat letting the entity drift into revocation.

Sources

6 documents

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Louisiana sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so. Where we hold the citation but no stable public link, the citation is printed on its own rather than pointed at a guessed address.

Louisiana statute: La. R.S. 12:1308.1 (annual report due date)
Louisiana statute: La. R.S. 12:1308.2(A) (revocation for non-filing)
Louisiana statute: R.S. 12:1364(A)(1) (reinstatement fee)
Louisiana law: Act 921 of the 2026 Regular Session (filing fee increase)
sos.la.gov/business-servicesLouisiana Secretary of State: business entity filings
legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=76256Louisiana statute: Annual Report

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Complete the Annual Report Form

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