Georgia LLC annual registration

Older articles online frequently quote $50 for a Georgia LLC Annual Registration because $50 is the base statutory fee before the Secretary of State's $10 service charge. On the current Corporations Division fee schedule for online eCorp filings, an LLC pays $60 total ($50 plus $10), while paper mail-in filings carry an additional paper processing surcharge. Budget $60 for standard one-year online eCorp renewal.

Georgia is also one of the few states that permits eligible active entities on eCorp to select a one-year, two-year, or three-year Annual Registration period in advance during the January 1 to April 1 window, multiplying the annual fee accordingly. If you ever pre-paid a multi-year registration in an earlier year, check your entity's 'Last Annual Registration Year' on `ecorp.sos.ga.gov` before paying twice.

After April 1 passes, eCorp adds a $25 late penalty (bringing the standard one-year online total to $85). While $25 is smaller than Florida's $400 late fee, ignoring the delinquent registration later in the year triggers an administrative dissolution notice from the Secretary of State, after which reinstatement costs $250 online.

Georgia holds the earliest statewide LLC deadline among the major states covered on this site—a full month ahead of Florida's May 1 deadline and six weeks ahead of Texas's May 15 report. Opening on January 1 and closing on April 1 gives owners ninety days at the start of the calendar year.

A newly formed Georgia LLC does not file an Annual Registration during the same calendar year it was formed. For example, if the Georgia Secretary of State approved your Articles of Organization at any point in 2026 (even December 28, 2026), your first Annual Registration window is January 1, 2027 through April 1, 2027.

Filing in January or February on eCorp is the simplest habit: it takes less than five minutes when no information has changed, avoids April 1 portal traffic, and leaves weeks to fix an outdated registered agent record if needed.

Georgia eCorp offers two online paths during the window. First is 'One Click Annual Registration' (no login required) when zero changes are needed to your principal office mailing address, registered agent, or other record fields—you look up the Control Number, confirm nothing changed, and pay the $60 online fee.

Second is logging into your eCorp account to file an Annual Registration WITH changes, which lets you update your principal office address or change your Georgia registered agent inside the same Annual Registration filing without paying a separate standalone amendment fee.

Note that Georgia LLCs (unlike Georgia profit corporations) are not required to list corporate officers such as CEO, CFO, and Secretary on the Annual Registration, though an authorized person or manager/member signs the electronic submission. Keep corporation instructions separate from LLC instructions on eCorp.

First, look up your Georgia Control Number on `ecorp.sos.ga.gov` Business Search. Confirm two fields immediately on the public summary: that Entity Type is Domestic or Foreign Limited Liability Company, and what year appears under 'Last Annual Registration Year' so you know whether 2027 is open.

Second, check the exact spelling and Georgia street address of your Registered Agent. Georgia requires a physical street address in Georgia where the agent can personally accept service of process—not a P.O. Box or private mailbox service that fails statutory agent rules.

Third, review your Principal Office Address on the public record and decide before clicking 'One Click' whether that address needs updating through a logged-in eCorp filing instead.

Fourth, save the official eCorp receipt and updated registration PDF emailed by the Georgia Secretary of State. LLC Deadline cannot access your eCorp account or download your state confirmation.

All filings happen directly on `ecorp.sos.ga.gov`, the official portal of the Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division. Never send state registration fees to LLC Deadline, and watch out for paper solicitation letters every January that mimic government forms while charging $150+ to type your Control Number into eCorp.

Our paid PDF checklist prints the locked January 1 to April 1 Georgia window, the $60 online fee ($50 statutory + $10 service charge), the $25 late penalty after April 1, your Georgia Control Number, the 'Last Annual Registration Year' check, and the explicit line confirming you pay the state yourself.

Because April 1 arrives before federal tax day, many owners forget Georgia until mid-April when their CPA asks about entities. Our $39 yearly plan sends email alerts on March 2 (30 days out), March 25 (7 days out), and March 31 (1 day out) from support@llcdeadline.com.

Mistake one is confusing Georgia's April 1 deadline with April 15 federal tax day or Florida's May 1 deadline, logging in during the second week of April, and paying the $25 late fee unnecessarily.

Mistake two is forming an LLC in late autumn—say October or November—and assuming nothing is due for twelve full months, then missing the very next April 1 window and sliding toward $250 administrative dissolution reinstatement later that autumn.

Mistake three is mailing a $50 check without the required service/paper processing charge, causing the Corporations Division to reject the packet past April 1. Filing online at `ecorp.sos.ga.gov` calculates the exact $60 total instantaneously.

An out-of-state LLC holding a Certificate of Authority to transact business in Georgia follows the exact same January 1 through April 1 window and $60 online eCorp total ($50 registration fee plus $10 service charge) as a domestic Georgia LLC, starting the calendar year after Georgia issued its Certificate of Authority.

If you previously chose Georgia's two-year or three-year registration option on eCorp, look up your Control Number on `ecorp.sos.ga.gov` before buying a reminder or submitting another payment: the public summary displays the exact 'Last Annual Registration Year' currently credited to your LLC so you know which January-to-April window is your next true obligation.

Once eCorp accepts your filing, download the stamped Annual Registration certificate and payment receipt immediately and verify that your entity status reads 'Active/Compliance' rather than 'Active/Noncompliance.' Lenders, payment gateways, and commercial landlords in Georgia check that exact status string when underwriting an LLC.

Keep the boundary of our product clear: LLC Deadline never collects Georgia's $60 state fee, never logs into your eCorp account, and never acts as your Georgia registered agent. Our price covers a one-page printable PDF checklist and, on the yearly plan, 30/7/1-day reminder emails sent from support@llcdeadline.com. We are not a law firm; a registered agent; a Secretary of State; a tax preparer.

Before paying any registration fee, open ecorp.sos.ga.gov directly from the official link at the top of this article to confirm the current Corporations Division fee schedule, service charge, and window dates in effect on the day you file.