Reference · Indiana
Indiana LLC requirements
Every requirement we've verified for a domestic LLC in Indiana, with the source for each. For the plain-English cost answer, use the cost calculator.
| Filing agency | Indiana Secretary of State (INBiz) |
|---|---|
| Formation filing fee | $75 |
| Filing fee notes | Ind. Code 23-0.5-9-19 sets the Articles of Organization fee at $75 for an ELECTRONIC filing and $100 for any other method. This corrects the widely repeated '$95 online' figure, which appears across dozens of formation-company sites with no statutory or INBiz citation. |
| Standard processing | Not confirmed. |
| Expedited options | Not confirmed. |
| Periodic report | Business Entity Report |
| Report frequency | biennial |
| Report fee | $32 |
| Report deadline | Every other year, due by the end of the month before the anniversary month of formation. The initial report is due two years after formation. $32 online / $50 paper. |
| Late penalty | No fixed dollar late fee. SOS sends 90-day and 30-day reminder emails, then a Past Due Notice, then Pending Administrative Dissolution, then final dissolution notice. |
| Administrative dissolution | Multi-stage: reminders at 90/30 days -> electronic Past Due Notice -> mailed Pending Administrative Dissolution notice -> Administrative Dissolution postcard. Reinstatement requires DOR tax clearance (~4-6 weeks). |
| State tax | No franchise tax for LLCs. |
| Minimum state tax | None |
| Newspaper publication | Not required |
| Registered agent required | Yes |
| First-year minimum | $75 |
Confidence
What we're less sure about
Cross-checked, pending a second verification pass
- CORRECTED (10 Sep 2026), statute-sourced. Ind. Code 23-0.5-9-19: '(1) Seventy-five dollars ($75) for an electronic filing. (2) One hundred dollars ($100) for filing in a manner other than electronically.' The commonly quoted $95 is not the statutory fee.
- OPEN QUESTION: a portal convenience surcharge (commonly ~$20) may sit on top of the $75, which would reconcile the persistent $95 figure. Worth a live INBiz check — the statutory fee and the out-of-pocket total may differ.
- Business Entity Report is biennial, $32 online, first due two years after formation — so no report fee in year one.
Provenance
Sources
Every figure above traces to one of these. If a state changes a fee and we haven't caught it, tell us — we log corrections publicly.
- Indiana statute text — law.justia.com
- Indiana Secretary of State (INBiz) — forms.in.gov
- Indiana Secretary of State (INBiz) — inbiz.in.gov
- Indiana Secretary of State (INBiz) — faqs.in.gov
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More on Indiana, and the states most like it
This page is the raw record. These are the places that record gets used — and the states whose rules work the same way.
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