How to Reinstate a Vermont LLC
The short answer. If your Vermont LLC has been administratively terminated, you restore it by filing a reinstatement with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division. We have not confirmed whether Vermont sets a deadline for reinstatement, so do not assume there is time to wait; check with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division as soon as you can.
Vermont LLC Reinstatement at a Glance
| What Vermont calls the status | Administratively terminated or listed as inactive |
| What you file | Reinstatement |
| Filed with | Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division |
| How to file | Online |
| Reinstatement fee | Varies (see Cost) |
| Time limit to reinstate | Not confirmed |
| Tax clearance | Not confirmed |
| Retroactive | Yes |
Read from the government sources listed at the foot of this page, last checked September 30, 2026. See the sources.
Why Vermont Would Terminate an LLC
The LLC's articles of organization terminate if it fails to file its annual report, which is due within three months after the end of its fiscal year.
We have not confirmed how long Vermont gives an LLC to fix the problem once it is notified; check with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division.
How Long You Have to Reinstate
We have not confirmed whether Vermont sets a deadline for reinstatement, so do not assume there is time to wait; check with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division as soon as you can.
How to File
You file a reinstatement with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division. It is filed online. Go to Vermont's filing page.
What It Costs
The reinstatement fee is $35, and the statute requires it, with the annual report fee, for each year the LLC failed to file its annual report.
The LLC must file its missing annual report and pay the $45 annual report fee for each year it failed to file.
We have not confirmed whether Vermont requires a tax clearance to reinstate; check with the Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division.
Registered Agent Options
If your LLC's registered agent has changed, resigned or lapsed, ask the filing office named above whether Vermontwants 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 Vermont registered agent requirements set out what Vermont itself asks.
Registered agent services for Vermont LLCs
Affiliate disclosure: Northwest Registered Agent, Bizee, ZenBusiness and LegalZoom pay us a commission if you sign up through our link, at no extra cost to you. We list only the registered agent services we have an affiliate relationship with, so this is not a survey of the whole market.
This list is not scored. The four are listed cheapest annual renewal first, and every claim below is about the services listed here rather than the whole market.
- 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
Note: Bizee holds a C rating from the BBB and is not accredited. BBB's profile carries a live alert describing a pattern of complaints about unexpected charges, difficulty canceling and filing delays, and Bizee has posted a response to it. We flag this so you can make an informed choice.
Annual renewal is each provider's own standard published rate. Check the current terms at each provider before you buy. The scored ranking, and the formula behind it, is in our full formation services review →
What Reinstatement Does
Under Vermont's law, a reinstated LLC continues as if it had never been administratively terminated.
The LLC keeps the right to its name only if the missing annual report is filed within five years after the date it was due.
Worth Knowing in Vermont
Termination does not change the limited liability of the LLC's members or managers, and it does not impair the validity of the LLC's acts between termination and reinstatement. A lawsuit against the LLC may still be started while it is terminated, but it is subject to dismissal unless the LLC is reinstated.
More for Vermont LLCs
- Vermont LLC annual report, to keep the LLC in good standing once it is reinstated.
- Vermont annual report late fee, for what a late report costs before it comes to dissolution.
- Vermont certificate of good standing, to prove the LLC is active again.
- How to dissolve an LLC in Vermont, 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 Vermont 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.
- legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/0403411 V.S.A. 4034, Involuntary termination
- legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/0403311 V.S.A. 4033, Annual report for Secretary of State
- legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/11/025/0401211 V.S.A. 4012, Fees
- sos.vermont.gov/business-services/business-filings/reinstatements/Vermont Secretary of State, Reinstatements
- sos.vermont.gov/business-services/fees-statutes/Vermont Secretary of State, Fees & Statutes
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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.