Idaho Foreign Registration · Withdrawing

Withdrawing a foreign registration in Idaho

A foreign entity that has stopped doing business in Idaho ends its registration by filing the Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement. The base fee is $20, which becomes $40 on paper with the processing fee. The form has 3 items and three statements the entity agrees to by filing. A company that registered and later withdrew, both online, has paid $120 in Idaho filing fees. Preparing and filing it costs $199 from us.

Withdrawal summary

Filed by: A registered foreign entity that is no longer doing business in Idaho
Statute: Idaho Code 30-21-507
Fee: $20 base, $40 on paper
Signed by: a governor of the entity, with a typed name and capacity
Faster service: $40 expedited, $100 same day
Sent to: The Boise office, as for the registration

The items and statements

Part	What it covers
Item 1	The entity's name as it appears on the Idaho record, and the name it used in Idaho if that differed
Item 2	The domestic jurisdiction of formation
Item 3	An address for service of process after withdrawal
Statement a	The entity is not transacting business in Idaho and withdraws its registration
Statement b	The registered agent can no longer accept service for the entity
Statement c	The entity will report any later change to the item 3 address

What you agree to by filing

The form is short because most of it is printed. By filing, the entity agrees that the entity is not transacting business in Idaho and withdraws its registration, that it revokes its registered agent's authority to accept service, and that it will tell the Secretary of State of any change to the service address. The Code lists the same three points as the contents of a statement of withdrawal (Idaho Code 30-21-507(a)).

Item 3: where claims can still reach you

Withdrawal does not wipe the slate. After it, service of process on a claim arising while the entity was registered can still be made, and the Code says after withdrawal, service of process on a claim from the time the entity was registered may be made under Idaho Code 30-21-412. Item 3 is therefore the address that matters for any such claim. It should be somewhere mail will still be opened years from now. The entity undertakes to report any later change of it.

The fee

The Secretary of State's forms page and the form itself both show $20 as the base fee, and add $20 for paper. SOSBiz shows the amount before you pay.

Who signs

The form must be signed by a governor of the entity, with a typed name and capacity. For an LLC that is a member or manager, for a corporation an officer or director. The instructions also remind the filer that a filing may be deleted if its payment is not completed.

Before you withdraw

Finish the Idaho work first. File any annual report that is due, because a late report can lead the Secretary of State to start terminating the registration, and settle what the company owes its Idaho agent. Taxes and licenses are outside the Secretary of State's forms, so check them with your tax adviser. Then confirm that the entity really has stopped doing business in Idaho, since statement a says so. If the Idaho work is only paused, leave the registration in place rather than withdrawing and registering again, which would cost the base fee a second time.

What entering and leaving cost together

A foreign LLC that registers and later withdraws, both online, pays $120 in Idaho filing fees. If both filings go on paper, the total is $160, because each paper filing carries the $20 manual processing fee. Expedited service adds $40 to a filing and same-day service adds $100.

Other ways a registration ends

Two other routes end it. A registered entity that converts or domesticates into a domestic Idaho entity is treated as having withdrawn on the effective date. And the Secretary of State may terminate a registration for a missed annual report, a missing agent or an unreported agent change, after notice of at least 60 days (Idaho Code 30-21-511(c)(1)).

Withdrawing a registration

Confirm the Idaho business has ended
Statement a says the entity is no longer transacting business.
File what is due first
Any annual report, and any change of agent.
Pick a service address
Somewhere mail will keep arriving for years.
A governor signs
With typed name and capacity.
File and pay
$20 online.

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.

Withdrawal questions

Can I be sued in Idaho after withdrawing?

Yes, for claims arising while the entity was registered. Service can still be made under the Code, and item 3 is the address for it.

Do I need a certificate for a withdrawal?

The form does not ask for one.

What if I never withdraw?

The registration stays, and so does the duty to file the annual report and keep an agent.

We file the withdrawal for you

Our fee and Idaho's

Register in Idaho

Idaho

$199

+ $100 Idaho fee

Your Foreign Registration Statement, drafted from the details you give us
A certificate of existence (certificate of good standing) from the home state, requested and dated for the filing
An Idaho registered agent with a street address: ours, or the one you already use
Online filing with the Secretary of State, so no paper surcharge applies
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Our fee and Idaho's fee show as separate lines, and checkout gives the exact total before you pay. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

Opening for business in Idaho?

Tell us what kind of entity you run and its home state. We handle the statement, the certificate and the agent.