Washington LLC status check

What keeps a Washington 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 Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division.

Check your Washington status

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

Statuses you may see there include: Active, Delinquent, Administratively Dissolved.

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

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What Washington requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Annual Report	Annual Report
How often	Annual	Annual
When it’s due	Due by the entity's expiration date: the last day of the month in which the business was originally formed or registered. May be filed up to 180 days early.	Due by the entity's expiration date: the last day of the month in which the business was originally formed or registered. May be filed up to 180 days early.
State fee	$70	$70

Washington calls the due date the 'expiration date'. Official sources found do not state how many days after delinquency administrative dissolution occurs.

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

Not filing by the expiration date puts the entity in Delinquent status and adds a $25 delinquency fee ($95 total). A delinquent entity may be administratively dissolved.

Getting back in good standing

Reinstatement — state fee $140 penalty fee plus $70 for each missed annual report year. Must be filed within 5 years of the administrative dissolution date. The business name must still be available and a registered agent is required.

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 Washington LLC Annual Report due?

Due by the entity's expiration date: the last day of the month in which the business was originally formed or registered. May be filed up to 180 days early. The state fee is $70.

How do I reinstate a Washington LLC?

Washington calls it Reinstatement. The state fee is $140 penalty fee plus $70 for each missed annual report year. Must be filed within 5 years of the administrative dissolution date. The business name must still be available and a registered agent is required.

What happens if I miss the Washington filing deadline?

Not filing by the expiration date puts the entity in Delinquent status and adds a $25 delinquency fee ($95 total). A delinquent entity may be administratively dissolved.

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

Search your exact registered name on Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division's business entity search (https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/) 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 Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

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