Kansas Foreign Registration / Form FA

Kansas Form FA, section by section

Form FA is the Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business, and Kansas charges $115 to file it, whatever the kind of business. One form serves profit and nonprofit corporations, both kinds of partnership, LLCs and series LLCs. The revision is dated 3/2/26. We prepare it and mail it for $199.

Form FA in brief

Title: Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business
Number: Form FA
Statute: K.S.A. 17-7931
Who files: Any business formed outside Kansas that is registering to do business here
Fee: $115, for every entity type
Revision: 3/2/26
Route: Mailed, with a check or a credit or debit card cover page
Mail to: Kansas Secretary of State, Docking State Office Building, 915 SW Harrison Street, Topeka KS 66612

The ten sections

Section	What it asks	How to answer
1	Type of business	Tick LLC, series LLC, corporation, nonprofit corporation, LP or LLP, matching how the home state classes it
2	Name of business	The exact legal name on the home record; no trade, assumed or fictitious names
3	State or country of jurisdiction	The home state, territory or foreign country
4	Name of resident agent	The person or firm that takes legal papers; a Kansas-registered business must be written exactly as the state has it
5	Registered office in Kansas	A street, rural route or highway address; PO box refused
6	Date the business began in Kansas	Only a past date; blank otherwise
7	Date of formation at home	From the home-state record
8	Full nature and character of business	A short plain description of the Kansas work
9	Series statements	Only for foreign LLCs that can create series
10	Signature	An authorized person, or two partners for an LLP

Printed above the signature are two statements the business accepts: consent to suit in any proper Kansas county, and a good standing claim, namely that as of the day of filing the foreign business exists in good standing under the laws of its home jurisdiction.

Sections 1 to 3: who you are

Choose the business type that the home state uses. A foreign LLC that can create series in its home state ticks the series box, which also puts section 9 in play. The name must match the home-state record, because Kansas does not register assumed names. Section 3 takes a state, a territory or a country, and the answer should agree with the formation date in section 7.

Sections 4 and 5: the agent and the office

The agent receives legal papers for the business, such as subpoenas, court orders and summonses. When the agent is a business registered in Kansas, its name has to match the Secretary of State's record to the letter. The office must be a spot where the agent can regularly be found, and a PO box does not qualify. For agent changes, see the resident agent page.

Section 6: the start date

This box carries more weight than its size suggests. The instructions say the date decides whether information reports must be filed with the application. Reports follow the even or odd year in the date. If the date is in the past, count the reports that went unfiled; if the business starts at filing, leave the box empty. The late registration page explains the arithmetic.

Section 8: describing the work

The statute asks for the nature of the business or purposes to be carried on in Kansas, and whether it operates for profit or not for profit. A sentence or two is enough, such as residential flooring installation or software consulting for Kansas clients. Avoid listing every activity the business has ever done. The description should cover the Kansas work.

Section 9: series LLCs

Only a foreign LLC that can create series in its home state completes this section. It must check at least one of two statements, one saying series liabilities are enforceable only against that series' assets and the other covering the opposite arrangement. If the box is left empty, the LLC is not registered as a series LLC. Every other business skips to the signature.

Section 10: signing

The signer declares under penalty of perjury that the form is true and correct. One authorized person signs for most types, and a limited liability partnership needs two partners. Under the filing statute a facsimile, conformed, electronic or transmitted signature is acceptable, and a signer need not prove authority before the office will file.

What travels with the form

Depending on the facts, the envelope also holds the information reports that went unfiled, a written consent from a Kansas business with a similar name, and the card cover page if you pay by card. A Kansas Attorney General notice is printed in the packet as well, covering how some entities must register an interest in real property near military installations; read it if it could apply to you. There is no attachment from the home state.

Fee and payment

The filing fee is $115. When reports are filed after forfeiture, add $85 plus each report's own fee. Pay with checks payable to the Kansas Secretary of State, or a credit or debit card using the cover page in the form packet. A certified copy of the application goes back to the sender once processing ends, and the filed document becomes a public record.

Why a Form FA comes back

Common causes of a returned form:

A trade name written where the legal name belongs.
A PO box in the registered office box.
An agent name that does not match the Kansas record.
Missing information reports that the start date calls for.
A check that does not cover the application and the reports together.
No signature, or a single signature where an LLP needs two.

How we prepare Form FA

You share the answers
Name, home state, formation date, agent and the Kansas work.
We count the reports
Using your start date and the entity type.
We complete the form and cover page
You review and sign the good standing statement.
We pay and mail the packet
$115 plus any report fees go to Topeka.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Form FA questions

What does Form FA cost?

$115, for every entity type.

Is Form FA available online?

Kansas shows it only among its paper forms, and the packet is mailed.

Do I enclose a home-state certificate?

No. The statements printed above the signature carry the good standing claim.

We prepare Form FA

Our fee and the state's

Kansas's fee is a separate line at checkout and is the same for every kind of business. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Register in Kansas

$199

+ $115 Kansas fee

Form FA, the Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business, completed from your answers
The sworn good standing statement the form carries, ready for an authorized person to sign
A Kansas resident agent and registered office: ours, or the ones you already use
The packet mailed with payment, and the certified copy Kansas returns passed on to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Sources

Already working in Kansas?

Tell us the month you began and we price any back reports with the registration.