Missouri LLCs File No Annual Report
There is no report, no deadline and no fee. The Secretary of State's own FAQ answers the question in one word. Here is what Missouri does require, and where the April 15 deadlines you may have read about actually come from.
By Edmond Hui · Last updated: August 2026
Annual Report at a Glance
| Due Date | None required |
| Fee | No annual report required |
| Filing Method | Not applicable, there is no report to file |
| Late Penalty | None. There is no filing that can be late. |
| Sos Filing Url | https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations |
How to File
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Confirm there is nothing to file
The Missouri Secretary of State's business FAQ asks "Do limited liability companies have to file an annual report?" and answers, in full, "No." The statute is stronger evidence than the FAQ: RSMo 347.179 is a closed list of the fifteen fees the Secretary "shall charge and collect" from an LLC, covering organization, foreign registration, amendment, termination, merger, winding up, good standing certificates, name reservation and agent changes. There is no annual report fee, no late fee and no reinstatement fee anywhere in it.
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Keep a registered agent and registered office
This is the one genuinely continuous obligation. RSMo 347.030.1 requires every LLC to "have and continuously maintain in this state" a registered office and "a registered agent for service of any process, notice or demand." RSMo 347.179.1(12) sets the fee for changing either at $5, and the Secretary of State's published fee schedule charges $10, a figure that includes the $5 technology fund charge added to most filings. Unlike the corporation chapter, Chapter 347 attaches no penalty to letting an agent lapse, but service of process still has to reach you.
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Handle your tax filings, which are separate from the Secretary of State
RSMo 347.187.2 classifies an LLC for Missouri income tax, sales and use tax and employment security "on a basis consistent with the limited liability company's classification for federal income tax purposes." So a single-member LLC is disregarded, a multi-member one files as a partnership, and Missouri follows whatever election you made federally. Missouri's corporate franchise tax is not a factor: RSMo 147.010.1(5) provides that "for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, no annual franchise tax shall be imposed," and it applied only to corporations organized under Chapter 351 in any case.
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Check the rental-property affidavit if it applies to you
RSMo 347.048 requires an LLC that owns rented or unoccupied real property in Kansas City, in cities within the population bands the section names, or in a county over one million people, to file a management-control affidavit with the city or county clerk. It is a local filing rather than a Secretary of State one, and RSMo 347.048.3 states that "no limited liability company shall be charged a fee" for it. Most LLCs never encounter it, but a rental-property owner should not read "Missouri LLCs file nothing" too broadly.
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Order a certificate of good standing when someone asks for proof
Because there is no annual filing, there is no acknowledgement to show a bank or a counterparty. A certificate of good standing from the Secretary of State is the document that serves that purpose. Note that House Bill 2508 and Senate Bill 1142 add a new RSMo 347.044 dealing specifically with certificates of good standing for LLCs and LLC series, effective August 28, 2026. Neither bill creates an annual report or administrative dissolution for LLCs.
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 the penalty for missing a deadline can be administrative dissolution of the company.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Missouri 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.
- sos.mo.gov/business/corporationsMissouri Secretary of State: business entity filings
- revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.048Missouri statute: annual report exemption
- revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=347Missouri statute: annual report exemption
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Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC
Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.