North Dakota LLC Annual Compliance Requirements (2026)
North Dakota LLC compliance in 2026: the $50 annual report due before November 16, the $50 late fee, registered agent rules, and the six-month termination rule.
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
Your North Dakota LLC annual report must be delivered to the Secretary of State before November 16 each year, so treat November 15 as the deadline, and it costs $50. The first one comes later than owners expect: it is due before November 16 of the year following the calendar year of the effective date in your articles, so an LLC formed in 2026 files first by November 15, 2027.
File late and NDCC 10-32.1-92(25)(a)(1) adds a separate $50 late fee, taking the report to $100. The Secretary of State also notifies you that your certificate of organization is no longer in good standing.
The serious consequence is automatic rather than discretionary. Under NDCC 10-32.1-90(1)(b), an LLC that has not filed the report and fees within six months after the November 16 deadline ceases to exist and is involuntarily terminated by operation of law, and the Secretary of State's determination is final. At that point liability protection is gone and reinstatement costs $135.
Set a reminder for the start of November and file online through the Secretary of State's site at https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/business-services/business-structures/limited-liability-company-llc.
You file your North Dakota LLC annual report through the North Dakota Secretary of State's online portal at sos.nd.gov. Sign in with your LLC's file number and entity name, then complete the annual report, which asks for your registered agent's name and address, your principal office address, and current member or manager information. The fee is $50, and the report is due before November 16 each year. Filing after November 15 adds a statutory $50 late fee, so the report costs $100, and an LLC left unfiled for six months after the deadline is terminated by operation of law, which ends the entity's authority to carry on business other than winding up. Start from the limited liability company page at https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/business-services/business-structures/limited-liability-company-llc and follow the annual report link to your LLC's record.
A North Dakota LLC costs $185 in its first year, which is among the more affordable in the country and about $47 below the national average.
The North Dakota Secretary of State charges $135 to file the Articles of Organization under NDCC 10-32.1-92(1), the same whether you file online or on paper. After that the LLC owes a $50 annual report, due before November 16 each year, starting with the year after the calendar year your articles took effect.
Later years cost only that $50, because North Dakota imposes no franchise or privilege tax on LLCs. Optional charges are $10 for a name reservation and $20 for a certificate of good standing, which is a $15 certificate fee plus a $5 records-search charge. A report filed after November 15 costs $100 because of the statutory $50 late fee.
Your next step: prepare your Articles of Organization with your registered agent information and file them with the $135 fee through the Secretary of State at https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/business-services/business-structures/limited-liability-company-llc.
Yes. North Dakota requires every LLC to maintain a registered agent with a physical address in the state to receive service of process and official correspondence. You can serve as your own registered agent if you have a North Dakota street address, not a PO box, and are available there during business hours, or you can hire a commercial registered agent service, commonly around $100 to $150 a year. Your agent's name and address go on the Articles of Organization filed with the North Dakota Secretary of State, and you must update them with the state whenever they change. The annual report is also where the state confirms your current agent information each year. If you have no North Dakota address or cannot be reliably available during business hours, appoint a commercial agent. You can review the requirements at https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/business-services/business-structures/limited-liability-company-llc.
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified North Dakota 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.
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