LLC reinstatement · Florida

How to Reinstate a Florida LLC

The short answer. If your Florida LLC has been administratively dissolved, you restore it by filing an application for reinstatement with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Florida sets no deadline: an LLC that has been administratively dissolved can apply for reinstatement at any time. The reinstatement fee is $100.

Florida LLC Reinstatement at a Glance

What Florida calls the statusAdministratively dissolved
What you fileApplication for Reinstatement
Filed withFlorida Department of State, Division of Corporations
How to fileNot confirmed
Reinstatement fee$100
Time limit to reinstateNo deadline
Tax clearanceNot confirmed
RetroactiveYes (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 Florida Would Dissolve an LLC

The Division of Corporations may dissolve an LLC that does not file its annual report by the third Friday in September, pay a fee or penalty it owes the Department, appoint and keep a registered agent, or file a statement of change within 30 days after its agent's name or address changes.

An LLC that misses its annual report is dissolved on the fourth Friday in September; the notice of intent and 60-day correction period apply only to the other grounds (an unpaid fee or penalty, no registered agent, or an unfiled agent change), and run from when the Department sends the notice.

How Long You Have to Reinstate

Florida sets no deadline: an LLC that has been administratively dissolved can apply for reinstatement at any time.

How to File

You file an application for reinstatement with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Go to Florida's filing page.

What It Costs

The reinstatement fee is $100.

The LLC must pay all fees and penalties it owes at the rates in effect when it applies, which the Division lists as the annual report fee for each report year missed.

We have not confirmed whether Florida requires a tax clearance to reinstate; check with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations.

Registered Agent Options

If your LLC's registered agent has changed, resigned or lapsed, ask the filing office named above whether Floridawants 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 Florida registered agent requirements set out what Florida itself asks.

Registered agent services for Florida LLCs

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What Reinstatement Does

Under Florida's law, a reinstated LLC continues as if it had never been administratively dissolved. The rights of a person arising from an act or omission in reliance on the dissolution before the person knew or had notice of the reinstatement are not affected.

The name is not available to another business for 1 year after dissolution, unless the LLC consents in writing; after that, if another business has lawfully taken the name, the LLC must amend its articles to change its name before the Division accepts the application.

Worth Knowing in Florida

A Florida LLC can also reinstate by filing a current annual report, signed by its registered agent and an authorized representative, with all fees and penalties owed, instead of the application.

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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.

Related guides

LLC late fees by stateWhat a late annual report costs before it comes to dissolution →Annual report complianceDeadlines and fees for all 50 states, so it does not happen again →Annual report deadline finderEnter your formation date for your next due date →Certificate of good standingProve the LLC is active again once it is reinstated →Dissolving an LLCIf you would rather close the LLC properly than bring it back →
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Sources

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Florida 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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Edmond Hui

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.