Reinstate an LLC in Delaware: the meter ran the whole time.
The company lapsed, the state acted, and now the way back runs through the Division of Corporations: the certificate of revival, $200 plus the accrued taxes, plus the catch-up the state expects. Delaware revives companies the way it does everything: precisely, and at a price. Here is the whole comeback, in order, and how to make sure there is never a second one.
The reinstatement prepared and filed with the state, back filings caught up, so the company returns with clean standing.
Four facts cover the whole system
The filing that restores a lapsed company to the record: the certificate of revival, $200 plus the accrued taxes, with the Division of Corporations, alongside whatever the state requires caught up. Standing returns when it is accepted; the company continues rather than starting over. We prepare and file it →
Delaware’s comeback matches its exit: the Certificate of Revival is $200, and it files only once every accrued dollar of franchise tax, penalty, and interest is paid, the $300 annuals having compounded through every year of the lapse. The prestige state’s meter never stopped; revival is where the bill lands.
The full franchise tax account settled, every accrued $300 annual, the $200 penalty, the interest, confirmed with the Franchise Tax Section, then the $200 Certificate of Revival. The paperwork is one page; the arithmetic is the filing.
The state side starts at $200 plus the accrued taxes for the certificate of revival, plus the back filings and their fees. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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Four steps back, and one that keeps you back
Delaware’s comeback runs in sequence: confirm the status, cure the cause, catch up the filings, then the certificate of revival for $200 plus the accrued taxes with the Division of Corporations. Done in order, standing returns and the record moves on.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Move while the cure is simple: we prepare and file the reinstatement with the back filings caught up, and the company returns with clean standing.
Banks and counterparties see the lapsed status until the cure files, and nothing else about the company has actually changed. The catch-up-plus-application path is the fastest route back to a clean record; we expedite exactly this situation routinely.
The deadline that started this never stops coming. Put the recurring filing on autopilot and the lapse never repeats.
Three years of silence, invoiced with interest
Reviving the Wilmington entity meant a phone call to the Franchise Tax Section and a number: three accrued annuals, the penalty, the interest, plus $200 for the certificate itself. Delaware had kept perfect books on our absence. We paid, revived, and set the June 1 tax on autopilot. Delaware forgets nothing. Budget accordingly, or leave properly.
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Delaware, beyond the comeback
How to Start an LLC in Delaware
Name search to filed Articles, the Delaware playbook.
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See the numbers → State hubForm a Business in Delaware
Entity types, taxes, and the Delaware playbook.
Open the hub → FileForm an LLC in Delaware
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Start the filing →Delaware Reinstatement questions.
How do I reinstate an LLC in Delaware?
Cure the cause, catch up the filings, and submit the certificate of revival with the Division of Corporations, $200 plus the accrued taxes plus the back fees. Standing returns when it is accepted, and the company continues rather than starting over. We handle the whole sequence as part of reinstatement service.
How much does it cost to reinstate a Delaware LLC?
The application is $200 plus the accrued taxes, plus the back filings and their fees, the real total depends on how long the lapse ran. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
Does Delaware require tax clearance to reinstate?
Not a certificate, a balance: Delaware revives nothing until every year of accrued franchise tax is paid, the $300 annuals, the $200 penalty, the interest. The Franchise Tax Section calculates the exact figure, and the revival files only when the account reads zero.
How long do I have to reinstate my Delaware LLC?
Delaware does not impose a short statutory window for this cure, but waiting has costs anyway: back fees accumulate, the name loses protection over time, and banks see the lapsed status until the filing lands. The practical deadline is the next moment your standing matters.
Should I reinstate or just form a new LLC?
Reinstate, in most cases: the cure preserves the formation date, the EIN, the contracts, the name, and the history, while a new entity resets all of it and leaves the old company’s loose ends dangling. Re-forming only wins when the back fees exceed the value of continuity, we run that math with you before filing either way.
What should I do after the company is reinstated?
Confirm the standing shows clean on the record, tell the bank and any counterparties who saw the lapse, and put the recurring deadline on autopilot, the filing that started this comes due again on schedule, and the second lapse is never cheaper than the first.
Can File.Business reinstate my Delaware LLC for me?
Yes: we confirm the status, cure the cause, prepare the back filings, and submit the application, then put the recurring deadline on autopilot so the lapse never repeats. When we handle it, the total is the state fees plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the back filings prepared and the recurring deadline put on autopilot so the lapse never repeats.
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