Nebraska Foreign Registration / LLC application
The Nebraska foreign LLC application for a certificate of authority, item by item
The Application for Certificate of Authority Foreign Limited Liability Company is the one-page form a foreign LLC files in Nebraska, and its price is $110 at the counter or $100 online, with $10 added for the certificate. The form is revised July 1, 2021, and every entry on it is covered below. We complete it for $199.
The application at a glance
- Title
- Application for Certificate of Authority Foreign Limited Liability Company
- Statute printed on the form
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-156
- Revised
- July 1, 2021
- Filing fee line
- $110 in office, $100 online, plus $10 for the certificate
- Attachment
- An original certificate of existence from the home authority
- Signed by
- an authorized representative
- Filed with
- Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
What the form does and does not ask for
The application asks nine questions and nothing else. There is no list of members or managers, no operating agreement and no ownership information. Everything on it is a company fact or an address, which makes it a short job once the certificate is in hand.
Name of the limited liability company
Copy the name letter for letter from the home-state record. The office wants the complete, exact entity name on every document, so a missing comma or a changed ending causes trouble.
Alternate name
The alternate name line is for use only when the actual name is unavailable for use or does not comply with Nebraska law. Leave it empty unless the name is refused, and if you are unsure, tell us and we check the name.
Name and address of the registered agent in Nebraska
The agent block has the state printed as NE. Enter the agent's name and its Nebraska street address. The agent can be a member of the entity or a designated third party who lives in Nebraska, or a corporation authorized to transact business in Nebraska, with an office identical to the registered office.
Address of the principal office
Give the street and mailing address, city, state and zip of the LLC's principal office. This is the real operating address and need not be in Nebraska.
The office kept at home, if the home law requires one
A separate line asks for the office maintained in the state of organization, but only if the law of that state requires one. If the home state does not require a separate office, leave the line blank.
Organized under the laws of
Write the state or jurisdiction that formed the LLC. This must agree with the certificate of existence you attach.
Nature of the business
Describe the nature of the business, the purposes to be conducted or promoted in this state, or the professional services being rendered. A short plain sentence is enough, and it should describe the Nebraska activity only.
Effective date
Leave this line blank when the effective date should equal the filing date. Use it only when the LLC needs the authority to begin on a later date, for example to line up with a lease start.
Date, signature and printed name
The form closes with a date, the signature of an authorized representative and the representative's printed name. Nebraska expects documents to be signed, with the signer's printed name and title.
The attachment
An original certificate of existence from the home authority must go with the form, and the authenticated copy of the certificate of organization is not a substitute. Nebraska's LLC form states no age limit for it. We check that the paper in the package is the original.
Fee, channel and what comes back
The printed fee line gives two amounts, one per channel, and then a certificate line of $10. The online route is eDelivery; the new system arrives in December.
Why the filing might come back
Two reasons dominate according to the office: a name that is not available, and a fee that is not right. We also check for a copy where an original is required, an unsigned form, and an agent address outside Nebraska.
How we prepare the application
You send the company facts
Name, state of organization, purpose and addresses.
We check the agent
Resident or authorized company, with a Nebraska office.
We check the certificate
Original only; no copies.
We complete the form
Every one of the nine items.
Your representative signs
The finished page goes to the signer for review.
We file it
Online for $100 or in the office for $110.
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.
Application questions
Does the application need a form number?
Nebraska numbers none of its forms; we cite it by its title.
Is notarization part of it?
The form has no place for one.
Is an operating agreement filed?
No. The form asks for none.
How do I amend it later?
Use the amended certificate of authority, $25 online or $30 in the office.
Our fee and Nebraska's
Register in Nebraska
$199
+ $100 Nebraska fee
- The Nebraska application for a certificate of authority, built from your answers
- A test that your certificate of existence is an original and not a copy
- A Nebraska agent and office from us, or one you pick
- The finished filing sent back to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Nebraska charges $100 online or $110 in the office, and lists $10 more for the certificate. We show those apart from our own charge. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Nebraska Secretary of State, forms and fee information
- Nebraska Application for Certificate of Authority, foreign LLC
- Nebraska Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business, foreign corporation
- Nebraska Secretary of State, annual and biennial reporting
- Nebraska Secretary of State, new business information
- Neb. Rev. Stat. 21-159, noncomplying name
- Nebraska Secretary of State, name procedures
- Nebraska Secretary of State, new online business filing system
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