The Missouri Articles of Cancellation of A Foreign Limited Liability Company is a legal document filed with the Missouri Secretary of State for the purpose of officially canceling a Foreign Limited Liability Company's registration in the state of Missouri. This document is the official record of a Foreign Limited Liability Company's termination of business in the state of Missouri, and must be signed and notarized by an authorized representative of the Foreign Limited Liability Company. There are two types of Missouri Articles of Cancellation of a Foreign Limited Liability Company: Voluntary Cancellation and Administrative Cancellation. Voluntary Cancellation is when a Foreign Limited Liability Company voluntarily terminates its registration in the state of Missouri, while Administrative Cancellation is when the Missouri Secretary of State cancels a Foreign Limited Liability Company's registration due to failure to comply with certain registration requirements.
Missouri Articles of Cancellation of A Foreign Limited Liability Company
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Your business name must include the words limited liability company, LLC, or L.L.C. Your name must be different from an existing business in the state. You can do a search on the Secretary of State's website to determine if a particular business name is in use. For name availability in Missouri, check this link.
For Missouri purposes, if your LLC is formed in another state, then it is known as a foreign LLC in Missouri. In other words, foreign doesn't mean from another country. Instead, it means your business was organized under the laws of another state.
To withdraw or cancel your foreign Missouri LLC in Missouri, you must provide the completed Articles of Cancelation of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC-8) form to the Missouri Secretary of State by mail, fax or in person.
If you have been doing business as a corporation or LLC, you will need to officially dissolve your entity so you are no longer liable for business taxes or filings.
All corporations doing business in this state must file an annual registration report.
In order to register your foreign LLC in Missouri, you'll need to file an Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division. The application costs $105 (plus a 2.15% fee if paying by credit card).
To dissolve your LLC in Missouri, you must first complete (and provide by mail, fax or in person) either a Notice of Abandonment of Merger or Consolidation of Limited Liability Company (Form LLC-2) or a Notice of Winding Up (LLC-13) form, disclosing that a dissolution is in process.
A Missouri foreign LLC registration is required for business owners who have formed an LLC in another state (not a foreign country) to transact business in Missouri. Business owners who don't register in Missouri and then conduct business there are subject to penalties.