Foreign LLC Filing

Foreign LLC Filing › Massachusetts

Filing a foreign LLC in Massachusetts

To file a foreign LLC in Massachusetts, send Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (General Laws Chapter 156C, Section 48) and the $500 fee to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division, with a home-state certificate.

The filing packet

ItemMassachusetts requirementNote
ApplicationForeign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (General Laws Chapter 156C, Section 48)Download from the office
Filing fee$500Paid to the state
Home-state certificateCertificate of legal existence or good standing, no older than 90 daysOrder from the home state first
Registered agentA resident agent with a Massachusetts street addressNamed on the application

Where it goes

Application
Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (General Laws Chapter 156C, Section 48)
Fee
$500

Paying for it

Mainstay’s Massachusetts checkout passes through $20 more in state processing charges than the $500 filing fee.

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Massachusetts (2026)

A service can assemble and send this packet. For Massachusetts these are the three we would choose.

1. Mainstay Filing

$199 + $500 state fee = $699

Registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year. Its Massachusetts checkout showed $719 in total on October 28, 2026, including $20 in state processing charges.

2. MA Registered Agent.org

$199 + $500 state fee = $699

Registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

3. Massachusetts Registered Agent.co

$199 + $500 state fee = $699

Registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.

Service prices read from each provider’s Massachusetts page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division.

Massachusetts filing questions

Where do I file a foreign LLC in Massachusetts?

With the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division. Its filing page is linked in the table above.

What do I attach to the Massachusetts filing?

Certificate of legal existence or good standing, no older than 90 days, with Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (General Laws Chapter 156C, Section 48).

What does the Massachusetts filing cost?

$500 to the state. A filing service adds its own $199.

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