LLC reinstatement · North Dakota

How to Reinstate a North Dakota LLC

The short answer. If your North Dakota LLC has been administratively terminated, you restore it by filing a past-due annual report with the North Dakota Secretary of State. The reinstatement fee is $135.

North Dakota LLC Reinstatement at a Glance

What North Dakota calls the statusAdministratively terminated
What you filePast-due Annual Report
Filed withNorth Dakota Secretary of State
How to fileNot confirmed
Reinstatement fee$135
Time limit to reinstate1 year (see Deadline)
Tax clearanceNot confirmed
RetroactiveDepends (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 North Dakota Would Terminate an LLC

The Secretary of State may terminate an LLC that fails to file its annual report or another required record with its fees, fails to keep a registered agent and office, or makes a material misrepresentation in a filing.

For a missed annual report, termination happens by operation of law six months after the report's due date, after the Secretary of State has notified the LLC that it is not in good standing. For the other grounds, the Secretary of State must first mail at least 60 days' notice, and the LLC is terminated if it does not cure within those 60 days.

How Long You Have to Reinstate

North Dakota allows reinstatement for up to 1 year after the LLC is administratively terminated. The Secretary of State route covers an LLC terminated for failing to file its annual report, and the past-due report and fees must be filed within one year after the termination.

After one year, the LLC may petition the district court for the judicial district serving Burleigh County for reinstatement. A court order reversing the termination requires the LLC to file its most recent past-due annual report and pay the past-due report fees and the reinstatement fee.

How to File

You file a past-due annual report with the North Dakota Secretary of State. Go to North Dakota's filing page.

What It Costs

The reinstatement fee is $135.

The LLC must file its past-due annual report and pay the annual report filing fee and the late filing fee along with the reinstatement fee.

We have not confirmed whether North Dakota requires a tax clearance to reinstate; check with the North Dakota Secretary of State.

Registered Agent Options

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

Registered agent services for North Dakota LLCs

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What Reinstatement Does

Reinstatement restores active status as of the reinstatement date for the Secretary of State's records and as to people adversely affected by it. As of the termination date, it validates contracts and acts within the articles and restores the LLC's assets and rights, except those affected by acts after the termination.

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 North Dakota

North Dakota's statute says an LLC that is terminated for a missed annual report ceases to exist. A reinstated LLC applies again for any license or permit under the statute that governs it.

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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 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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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.