Minnesota LLC status check

What keeps a Minnesota LLC or corporation in good standing, what happens if a filing is missed, and how to check your status yourself. Taken from the official rules published by Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services.

Check your Minnesota status

On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.

Statuses you may see there include: Active, Inactive.

The way a lender sees it: a lender’s system doesn’t just read your status — it matches your exact legal name, your filing, your domain and your email against each other. Run the same checks below.

Free check: what a lender’s system sees

Standing in Minnesota, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.

Legal business name

Entity type

Or open the full check.

What Minnesota requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Annual Renewal	Annual Renewal
How often	Annual	Annual
When it’s due	File once each calendar year, any time during the year, by December 31.	File each calendar year by December 31, beginning in the calendar year after incorporation (Minn. Stat. 302A.821).
State fee	$0 (free online or by mail).	$0 (free online or by mail).

The annual renewal is free when filed on time; only reinstatement costs money. The LLC statute (322C.0213) could not be loaded, so LLC first-year timing and the exact LLC term (dissolution vs termination) were not verified. Status terms are the Active/Inactive search filter values.

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

There is no late fee. If the renewal is not filed during the calendar year, the entity is administratively dissolved and is no longer considered active in Minnesota until it is reinstated.

Getting back in good standing

Annual Reinstatement — state fee $85 online; $65 by mail (current SOS fee schedule). An entity inactive for more than six years cannot be reinstated online. Minn. Stat. 302A.821 says $25 for corporations, but the current SOS fee schedule lists $65/$85. Use the fee schedule.

Why lenders check this before anyone reads your application

An automated know-your-business check compares what you put on an application against the state’s record. A status that isn’t active and in good standing, or a legal name that differs from your filing by a comma or a suffix, is a common silent reason for a decline.

Fixing your status costs nothing beyond the state’s own fees; you don’t need to pay anyone to do it for you.

Common questions

When is the Minnesota LLC Annual Renewal due?

File once each calendar year, any time during the year, by December 31. The state fee is $0 (free online or by mail)..

How do I reinstate a Minnesota LLC?

Minnesota calls it Annual Reinstatement. The state fee is $85 online; $65 by mail (current SOS fee schedule). An entity inactive for more than six years cannot be reinstated online. Minn. Stat. 302A.821 says $25 for corporations, but the current SOS fee schedule lists $65/$85. Use the fee schedule.

What happens if I miss the Minnesota filing deadline?

There is no late fee. If the renewal is not filed during the calendar year, the entity is administratively dissolved and is no longer considered active in Minnesota until it is reinstated.

How do I check if my Minnesota LLC is in good standing?

Search your exact registered name on Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services's business entity search (https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/Search) and read the status field. To see what a lender's verification system sees - status, exact legal-name match, domain and business email - run Peak Discounters' free fundability check.

Sources

Fees and deadlines change. Always confirm on Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

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