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Louisiana LLC Annual Report: $35, Due on the Anniversary of Organization

Every Louisiana LLC files an annual report with the Secretary of State on or before the anniversary date of its organization, and it costs $35. The consequence of ignoring it builds slowly and then lands hard: after three consecutive missed years, the Secretary of State revokes the articles of organization.

By the LLCForming research teamFees checked Nov 8, 2026

The annual report, in one table

Item	Louisiana rule
Who files	Domestic LLCs, under section 12:1308.1. A manager files if management is vested in managers; a member files if management is reserved to the members. Foreign LLCs authorized in Louisiana also file an annual report, priced at $35 on the Secretary of State's fee schedule.
When	On or before the anniversary date of organization, each year. The report form becomes available when the report is due, or up to 4 weeks before the due date.
Fee	$35. Act 921 of the 2026 Regular Session raised the fee from $30 effective October 1, 2026.
Where	With the Secretary of State; the report may be filed online, by fax, or by mail.
What it states	The municipal address, not a post office box only, of the registered office; the name and municipal address of each registered agent; and the name and municipal address of each manager, or of each member if the LLC is member-managed.
Late fee	No statutory late fee for the annual report appears in section 12:1308.1, section 12:1308.2, or on the Secretary of State's fee schedule. The consequences below are structural, not monetary.

Delinquent means not in good standing

Under section 12:1308.2, an LLC delinquent in filing its annual report is not in good standing and is prohibited from engaging in commercial business operations with the state or its boards, agencies, departments, or commissions. A state contract with an LLC that is not in good standing may be declared null and void. That status attaches on delinquency, long before revocation is on the table, and it is the first practical reason to file on time.

Revocation: three consecutive missed years, then 30 days of notice

Section 12:1308.2 provides that the Secretary of State shall revoke the articles of organization of a domestic LLC that fails to file an annual report for three consecutive years. Revocation is not instant even then: at least 30 days before revoking, the Secretary of State must give written notice of intent to revoke, sent by United States mail to the LLC's last designated registered agent, or to the LLC at its registered office if there is no agent of record. A completed annual report submitted within 30 days of that notice cures the domestic filing. Revocation does not affect causes of action against the LLC or its right to sell its property. One more clock starts at revocation: under section 12:1308.2, the revoked LLC's name is not available to another entity as an LLC, corporate, or trade name for three years.

Reinstatement: $125 plus the current annual report, within three years

A revoked LLC's articles shall be reinstated if, within three years of the effective date of the revocation, it files an application for reinstatement signed and acknowledged by a member or manager, the current annual report, and the fee for reinstatement proceedings. That fee is $125, the same category as articles of organization under section 49:222 as amended by Act 921. The statutory build-up is therefore $125 plus $35 for the current annual report, $160 in total. One caveat belongs with that figure: the statute on its face requires the current annual report only, and whether the geauxBIZ portal in practice also charges for each delinquent year's report was not verified on an official page, so treat $160 as the statutory build-up rather than a portal quote, and ignore guide figures built on a $25 reinstatement fee, because $25 is the name reservation fee. On reinstatement, the Secretary of State furnishes a certificate of reinstatement, and reinstatement is retroactive: the articles continue in existence as though the revocation had not occurred. Do not read the three year window as an absolute end, either; the statute still contemplates reinstatement by the same procedures after that period if the name is still available, and an amendment changing the name if it is not.

Closing a Louisiana LLC on purpose

Ending the LLC deliberately has two paths. The affidavit path, under section 12:1335.1, is for an LLC that is no longer doing business, owes no debts, and owns no immovable property: file the affidavit for $125 and receive a Certificate of Dissolution. No tax clearance certificate appears on the affidavit form, and the section states no clearance condition; the express tax certificate requirement in Louisiana LLC law belongs to a foreign LLC's withdrawal, not to this filing. The affidavit path carries the sharpest warning on this page: the Secretary of State reinstates an LLC dissolved by affidavit only upon an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, so there is no administrative way back. The long-form path, for an LLC with debts, assets, or immovable property, runs through winding up under section 12:1336, including publication of a liquidation notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish of the registered office at the newspaper's own charge, and articles of dissolution under section 12:1339, in the $125 dissolution proceedings category. Our dissolution guide covers the wind up order.