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Standard LLC filings in Ohio take 3 to 7 business days. The Secretary of State starts that clock once it receives your Articles of Organization. Pay extra and you can cut the wait to 2 business days, 1 business day or 4 hours.The base filing fee is $99. You pay it whether you file online through Ohio Business Central or mail in a paper form.Ohio also skips something most states require:... Read more >

New York's Department of State takes about 7 business days to approve a standard LLC filing. That's true whether you file online or by mail, on top of the $200 Articles of Organization fee. Pay extra for expedited service and that drops to the same day. Pay more and it drops to 2 hours.Filing your LLC is only step one. New York also requires publishing your formation notice in two newspapers... Read more >

Virginia approves most online LLC filings in real time. That's often the same day you file, as long as you don't attach your own document. Upload your own Articles of Organization instead, and the Clerk's Office reviews it by hand. That adds about 5 business days.Filing costs $100 no matter which method you pick. Pay $50 or $100 more for next-day expedited review, or $200 for same-day review.... Read more >

To change your Texas LLC's name, you submit a Certificate of Amendment (Form 424) to the Texas Secretary of State along with a $150 filing fee.You can file it online through SOSDirect when the amendment only changes the name. Otherwise you mail, fax or hand-deliver the form instead.The filing updates your LLC's legal name on the state's records. It doesn't touch your EIN, so your bank,... Read more >

Tennessee lets you swap in a new registered agent with one short form filed at the Secretary of State. It costs $20 to file, whether you go online, mail it in, or walk it into the Nashville office.You can also make the switch through your LLC's next annual report, or fold it into an amendment of your Articles of Organization. Either one works, and both are covered below. Most owners still pick... Read more >

Changing your Mississippi LLC's name takes a Certificate of Amendment, Form F0101, filed with the Secretary of State's Business Services Division for a $50 fee.File it online, or print the form and mail it in with a check. Mail filings take longer, since the state sets no fixed turnaround for paper submissions.The Certificate of Amendment only changes your LLC's legal name. Your EIN stays the... Read more >

It costs a flat $135 to file Articles of Organization for a North Dakota LLC, whether you file online or by mail through the FirstStop Portal. The Secretary of State no longer publishes a turnaround estimate. Its last guidance, on a page since retired, put review at up to 4 weeks when volume ran high. North Dakota offers no paid expedited option that shortens that wait.The Secretary of State's... Read more >

Before your LLC can legally operate in any state, you need a registered agent on file. That's not optional — it's a hard requirement.You *can* serve as your own registered agent. But I've guided 170+ LLC formations as a Mergers and Acquisitions specialist, and I can tell you: most founders don't fully understand what that decision involves before they make it.Here's what the role actually... Read more >

Changing an Arizona LLC's name means filing Articles of Amendment (Form L015) with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The fee is $25, and you can file online, by mail, by fax or in person. The form updates your entity's official name on the Commission's records.Once the Commission approves the change, your new name replaces the old one on searches, certificates and future filings. Your EIN,... Read more >

To change a New Jersey LLC's registered agent, file a Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Office with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES). The fee is a flat $25.You can file that change on its own through the DORES online portal. Or fold it into your LLC's Annual Report at no extra online charge. A professional registered agent service can also handle the filing... Read more >

To change a North Carolina LLC's registered agent, file a Statement of Change of Registered Office and/or Registered Agent. This is Form BE-06. You file it with the Secretary of State's Business Registration Division. The fee is a flat $5.A professional registered agent service can handle that filing for you, or you can fold the update into your LLC's next Annual Report instead of filing it on... Read more >

South Dakota lets you swap in a new registered agent by filing one form. The Secretary of State handles the paperwork from there. Filing online costs $10. Printing the form and mailing it in costs $25.You can file this Statement of Change through South Dakota's Business Services Online portal. Or print the completed form and mail it in with a check.This guide walks through both filing paths,... Read more >