Annual reports · North Dakota
File Your North Dakota Annual Report Online
North Dakota's Annual Report is filed online with the North Dakota Secretary of State at firststop.sos.nd.gov. It is due November 15 each year, and the state adds a $50 penalty when it is late. We prepare it from your company's details and submit it to the state for you, so it is done before the deadline and off your list.
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One short form. We check your details against North Dakota's record and file it.
File My North Dakota Annual ReportNorth Dakota Annual Report at a Glance
- Filing
- Annual Report
- Filed with
- North Dakota Secretary of State
- Where online
- firststop.sos.nd.gov (account required)
- State fee (LLC)
- $50
- Due
- November 15 each year
- Filing window
- January 1 to November 15 each year
- Next deadline
- November 15, 2026
- Frequency
- Every year
- State late penalty
- $50, added by the state after November 15
- If you miss it
- North Dakota keeps taking the late report, with the $50 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. The LLC is terminated by law six months after November 15 if the report is still unfiled.
The 2026 Annual Report window is open now and closes November 15, 2026.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are North Dakota's own, from the state's published schedule and statute, and the penalty is paid to the state, not to us. Every state's report is listed on the annual report directory.
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What the North Dakota Form Asks
North Dakota takes the Annual Report online at firststop.sos.nd.gov, behind an account login. It is run by the North Dakota Secretary of State, the office that keeps the company's record.
The Annual Report confirms what the state has on file for the LLC: the principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members (some states' screens say governors, officials or principals). Anything that changed since the last filing is updated on it, and an authorized person signs it electronically before the state fee is paid.
Formed this year?
An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Report for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due November 15, 2027.
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as North Dakota registered it
- Its North Dakota file or entity number, from the state's record or the formation approval
- The principal office street address and the mailing address, if different
- The registered agent's name and North Dakota street address
- The names and addresses of the managers or members on record
- The name and title of the person signing, and a card for the state fee
Our order form asks for the same items, in the same order the North Dakota screens do.
North Dakota Annual Report Dates
| Formed | First Annual Report due | After that |
|---|---|---|
| Formed in 2025 | November 15, 2026 | 2027, then every year |
| Formed in 2026 | November 15, 2027 | 2028, then every year |
| Formed in 2027 | November 15, 2028 | 2029, then every year |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the North Dakota filing site
The Annual Report is filed with the North Dakota Secretary of State at firststop.sos.nd.gov. It asks you to sign in or create an account first. North Dakota takes it January 1 to November 15.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its North Dakota file or entity number, the number on the company's North Dakota record, not by name alone. Two companies can have near-identical names, and a report filed under the wrong number files the wrong company's report.
3. Confirm or update the details
The principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members on record. Anything that changed since the last filing goes in now; a new registered agent is a separate change filing in North Dakota.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and pay North Dakota's fee ($50 for an LLC). Save the confirmation; it is your proof of filing until the state's record shows the report.
Rather skip the state's site? We file it for you, and the state's confirmation comes to your inbox. To file it yourself, start at the North Dakota filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Your own login on firststop.sos.nd.gov | Our filer's account; nothing is created in your name |
| Finding the company | You enter the North Dakota file or entity number | We look up the record and match it to your order |
| The details | You retype the addresses, the agent and the managers or members on the state's screens | You confirm them once on our form; we check them against the North Dakota record before filing |
| Signing | An authorized person signs electronically | You authorize the filing at checkout and name the signer; the state's signature line is completed the way the state allows |
| State fee | Paid to the state by card at the end | Paid to the state on your behalf and itemized on the order review step |
| Timing | Any time the window is open (January 1 to November 15) | Order any time; a report the state is not taking yet is held and filed the day the window opens |
| Confirmation | Shown on screen; save it yourself | The state's confirmation is emailed to you and kept on your order page |
| Registered agent change | A separate change filing with the North Dakota Secretary of State | Chosen on the order form; we file the change with the report order |
- Registered agent and registered office
- The person or company at a North Dakota street address that receives lawsuits and state notices for the LLC; a post office box does not qualify, and the agent's address is public.
- Principal office and mailing address
- Where the business is run, and the address the state should write to if that differs; both appear on the public record.
- Managers or members
- Who runs the LLC. The Annual Report lists them, usually with a business address for each, and some state screens call them governors, officials or principals.
- North Dakota file or entity number
- The number North Dakota gave the company when it was formed. It is on the approved formation document and on the state's business search, and it is how the filing finds the right record.
- Good standing, dissolution and reinstatement
- Good standing is the status a company keeps by filing on time. Administrative dissolution (some states say revocation or forfeiture) is what the state does to one that stops filing, and reinstatement is the filing that brings it back, with the missed reports and fees.
What Goes Wrong on the North Dakota Annual Report
- Filing an Annual Report for the year the LLC was formed: a company formed in 2026 owes its first in 2027, and the state is not waiting for one before that.
- Filing before the window opens on January 1: North Dakota does not take the new report year before then.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its North Dakota file or entity number: two companies can carry near-identical names, and the report then updates the wrong record.
- Trying to change the registered agent on the Annual Report: North Dakota takes the agent change as its own filing, before or after the report.
- Waiting too long: North Dakota keeps taking the late report, with the $50 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. The LLC is terminated by law six months after November 15 if the report is still unfiled.
After you file
firststop.sos.nd.gov shows a confirmation and sends a receipt to the filer's email; keep it with the company's records, because it is the proof of filing until the North Dakota Secretary of State posts the Annual Report to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the North Dakota business search stays active, which is what a bank, a lender, a landlord or a licensing board checks before it opens an account, extends credit or renews a license. A certificate of status or good standing, where one of them asks for paper proof, is a separate document the state issues on request. The next thing the North Dakota business registry expects is the next Annual Report, a year later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Changing Your Registered Agent
North Dakota's Annual Report confirms the registered agent on record but does not replace it. A new agent is its own change-of-agent filing with the North Dakota Secretary of State, filed before or after the report.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's North Dakota address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. We file North Dakota's change-of-agent form for you with the report order. Choose it on the order form.
File my report and switch my agent →How our registered agent service worksNorth Dakota Annual Report: Questions
Can I file the North Dakota Annual Report online?+
Yes. North Dakota takes it online through the North Dakota Secretary of State (firststop.sos.nd.gov), after you sign in or create an account. If you would rather not, we file it for you: one short form with your company's details, and we submit it to the state.
When is the North Dakota Annual Report due?+
November 15 each year. North Dakota takes it January 1 to November 15. The next deadline is November 15, 2026. Order any time: if North Dakota is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the North Dakota deadline?+
The state's late penalty is $50, added by the state after November 15. North Dakota keeps taking the late report, with the $50 penalty, through December 31 of the report year. The LLC is terminated by law six months after November 15 if the report is still unfiled. We file late reports while the state still takes them; the state's penalty, where there is one, is paid to the state with its fee.
Is the North Dakota Annual Report every year?+
Every year. The deadline is November 15, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless North Dakota says otherwise, so file ahead of it.
My LLC was formed this year. Do I file an Annual Report?+
Not this year. An LLC formed in 2026 owes no Annual Report for 2026; its first is the 2027 report, due November 15, 2027. A report filed for the formation year is not required, and the state's system will either refuse it or treat it as next year's.
What do I need to file it?+
The company's exact legal name and its North Dakota file or entity number, the principal and mailing address, the registered agent on record, and the managers or members. We ask for the same on our order form, so nothing is missing when we file.
Do I need an account on firststop.sos.nd.gov?+
Yes. The North Dakota filing site asks you to sign in or register before it opens the Annual Report When we file for you, our filer's account is used and nothing is created in your name.
Can I change my North Dakota registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. North Dakota takes the agent change as its own filing, separate from the Annual Report; choose our registered agent service on our order form and we file that change for you with the report order, so our partner's North Dakota address replaces yours on the record.
Is America LLC Filing the North Dakota state office?+
No. America LLC Filing is a private filing service, not a government agency and not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with North Dakota. The state's fee is the same whether you file at firststop.sos.nd.gov yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Minnesota: Annual Renewal, due December 31 each year
- Montana: Annual Report, due April 15 each year
- South Dakota: Annual Report, due the first day of your anniversary month each year
- Iowa: Biennial Report, due April 1 in each report year
- Kansas: Information Report, due April 15 in each report year
- Missouri: no LLC annual report
Get Your North Dakota Annual Report Filed
One short form. Filed with the state, confirmation by email.
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