Reinstate an LLC in Georgia: a hundred dollars, inside five years.
The company lapsed, the state acted, and now the way back runs through the Secretary of State: the certificate of reinstatement, $100, plus the catch-up the state expects. Georgia’s comeback is straightforward and strictly deadlined: five years, then never. 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 reinstatement, $100, with the Secretary of State, 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 →
Georgia gives dissolved companies five years to file the $100 reinstatement with the outstanding fees and the current year’s registration, and holds the deadline. Inside the window the comeback is simple; outside it, the company, its name seniority, and its history are gone for good.
The outstanding registration fees and penalties plus the current year’s registration, alongside the $100 certificate, Georgia wants the account whole and the current year covered in the same pass.
The state side starts at $100 for the certificate of reinstatement, 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
Georgia’s comeback runs in sequence: confirm the status, cure the cause, catch up the filings, then the certificate of reinstatement for $100 with the Secretary of State. The window matters here, five years from the dissolution date, and then the door closes: georgia requires the reinstatement application within five years, after which a new entity is the only path. 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.
We came back in year three, with two to spare and none to waste
The Atlanta company dissolved in a spring we were too busy to notice, and sat that way for three years. Georgia’s window gave us two more, which sounds like plenty until you price what the name and history were worth. The $100 certificate with the caught-up fees filed that month. Five years sounds long. It is exactly long enough to procrastinate past.
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Everything that lapsed, caught up in one place
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Georgia, beyond the comeback
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How do I reinstate an LLC in Georgia?
Cure the cause, catch up the filings, and submit the certificate of reinstatement with the Secretary of State, $100 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 Georgia LLC?
The application is $100, 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 Georgia require tax clearance to reinstate?
No: Georgia adds no tax-clearance step to the reinstatement, the application and the back filings carry it. Final accuracy still matters, the state cross-checks what you owe, which is why we prepare the catch-up filings together with the application.
How long do I have to reinstate my Georgia LLC?
Five years from the dissolution date, and then the door closes: Georgia requires the reinstatement application within five years, after which a new entity is the only path.
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 Georgia 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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