North Dakota Annual Report: 2026 Due Date, Fee, and How to File

Every North Dakota LLC has one recurring date worth circling: November 15. That is the last day your annual report can reach the North Dakota Secretary of State on time, and the official filing fee is $50. The requirement comes from state law, N.D.C.C. § 10-32.1-89(3), with the fee set by § 10-32.1-92. Below we walk through the deadline, the fee, the filing itself, and what happens if the date slips by.

When the North Dakota Annual Report Is Due

The statute frames the deadline as delivery before November 16 each year, so the last on-time day is November 15. The state builds in no grace period, which means a report arriving on November 16 is already late.

Two wrinkles are worth knowing. First, the November 15 date belongs to LLCs. Corporations answer to a different chapter of the Century Code and report on a different schedule, with domestic business corporations due August 1. Second, farming and ranching LLCs, along with authorized livestock farm LLCs, follow their own statutory chapter and file by April 15 instead.

The North Dakota Annual Report Fee

The official North Dakota annual report fee for an LLC is $50, paid to the Secretary of State when you submit the report.

One caution that comes from the state itself: the Secretary of State has warned businesses about misleading letters from third parties offering to handle this filing for inflated amounts. Nothing about the report requires a middleman. Filing directly through the state's system runs the official $50 and nothing more.

How to File the North Dakota Annual Report

North Dakota moved its business filings online, so the report is submitted through the state's portal rather than on a mailed form. The process looks like this:

1. Sign in at FirstStop, the Secretary of State's online filing system, and open your company record.
2. Review what the state has on file: your registered agent's name and address, your principal office, and the people listed for the company.
3. Update anything that changed during the year. North Dakota lists governors, managers, and officers on the report; members and owners are not part of the public filing.
4. Pay the $50 fee and submit on or before November 15.

Late Fees and Involuntary Termination

Miss the deadline and the state adds a $50 late fee, which brings your total to $100. Keep waiting and the consequences get heavier: once an LLC is six months past due, N.D.C.C. § 10-32.1-90 lets the company be terminated by operation of law. A terminated company loses its good standing and its liability protection until it is restored, and the reinstatement fee is $135 on top of every unpaid report fee and penalty.

The pattern is easy to summarize. Filing on time is $50. Filing late is $100. Not filing at all eventually unwinds the company.

How We Help You Stay Ahead of November 15

Deadline reminders are built into our $99 yearly registered agent service. We track North Dakota's annual report date and nudge you well before November 15, so the filing never sneaks up on you.

The report itself is a filing between you and the Secretary of State, so we do not submit it for you. What we do is make sure you always know it is coming, and we handle every piece of official mail connected to it. If the state sends a compliance notice about your report status, we scan it and get it to you the same day it arrives.

One Filing to the State, One Service from Us

The $50 annual report and your registered agent service are separate pieces of North Dakota compliance. The report is a once-a-year update filed with the state. The registered agent is a year-round appointment that keeps a physical North Dakota address attached to your company for legal notices. You need both, and only one of them has a November deadline.

Get Registered Agent Service and Peace of Mind

Keep your North Dakota company in good standing without watching the calendar yourself. Registered agent service with built-in compliance reminders is $99 per year.

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