How to Reinstate a Connecticut LLC
The short answer. If your Connecticut LLC has been forfeited, you restore it by filing a certificate of reinstatement with the Connecticut Secretary of the State. An LLC can apply for reinstatement at any time after its dissolution, unless the Superior Court has entered a dissolution order under either of two specific provisions of Connecticut's LLC act. The reinstatement fee is $120.
Connecticut LLC Reinstatement at a Glance
| What Connecticut calls the status | Forfeited |
| What you file | Certificate of Reinstatement |
| Filed with | Connecticut Secretary of the State |
| How to file | Not confirmed |
| Reinstatement fee | $120 |
| Time limit to reinstate | Depends (see Deadline) |
| Tax clearance | Not confirmed |
| Retroactive | Yes (see What reinstatement does) |
Read from the government sources listed at the foot of this page, last checked September 29, 2026. See the sources.
Why Connecticut Would Forfeit an LLC
The Secretary of the State may dissolve an LLC by forfeiture when it is more than one year behind in filing its annual report, or when it has failed to maintain a registered agent.
The LLC has three months after the Secretary of the State e-mails the forfeiture notice to file the missing annual report or appoint a registered agent. The Secretary's page tells owners the filings must be accepted within 90 days of the date on the Notice of Intent to Dissolve or Revoke.
How Long You Have to Reinstate
An LLC can apply for reinstatement at any time after its dissolution, unless the Superior Court has entered a dissolution order under either of two specific provisions of Connecticut's LLC act.
How to File
You file a certificate of reinstatement with the Connecticut Secretary of the State. Go to Connecticut's filing page.
What It Costs
The reinstatement fee is $120.
The certificate of reinstatement must come with payment of all penalties and forfeitures the LLC incurred, an annual report for the current year, and an appointment of a registered agent.
We have not confirmed whether Connecticut requires a tax clearance to reinstate; check with the Connecticut Secretary of the State.
Registered Agent Options
If your LLC's registered agent has changed, resigned or lapsed, ask the filing office named above whether Connecticutwants that updated as part of reinstatement. You do not have to buy a service for it: 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. A paid service is one option and not the only one. The Connecticut registered agent requirements set out what Connecticut itself asks.
Registered agent services for Connecticut LLCs
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- 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 on every plan, 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 Pro and Premium formation plans rather than this renewal price
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What Reinstatement Does
Under Connecticut's law, a reinstated LLC continues as if it had never been forfeited. The rights of a third party who relied on the dissolution before knowing or having notice of the reinstatement are not adversely affected.
If another business has taken the LLC's name in the meantime, the LLC needs a name that is still available to reinstate.
Worth Knowing in Connecticut
Reinstatement also needs the written consent of a majority in interest of the members.
More for Connecticut LLCs
- Connecticut LLC annual report, to keep the LLC in good standing once it is reinstated.
- Connecticut annual report late fee, for what a late report costs before it comes to dissolution.
- Connecticut certificate of good standing, to prove the LLC is active again.
- How to dissolve an LLC in Connecticut, if you would rather close the LLC properly than reinstate it.
- Annual report deadline finder, to see when the next report is due.
Frequently Asked Questions
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's law and filing office say about bringing back an LLC the state has dissolved, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you where your own LLC stands: that turns on why and when it was dissolved, what it still owes, and whether anyone has since taken its name, and fees and deadlines change between our reviews. Confirm your LLC's status and the current requirements with the filing office or tax agency named on this page, and ask a lawyer about anything the LLC did while it was dissolved. In many states a missed deadline ends the right to reinstate, so do not wait.
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Connecticut 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.
- cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_613a.htmConn. Gen. Stat. chapter 613a (34-243u, 34-267(a)(4) and (5), 34-267b, 34-267g)
- portal.ct.gov/sots/business-services/certificate-of-dissolution-or-revocationConnecticut Secretary of the State, Certificate of Dissolution or Revocation
- portal.ct.gov/sots/business-services/notice-of-intent-to-dissolve-or-revokeConnecticut Secretary of the State, Notice of Intent to Dissolve or Revoke
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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.