Reinstate an LLC in Louisiana: seventy-five dollars, inside three years.
The company lapsed, the state acted, and now the way back runs through the Secretary of State: the reinstatement application, $75, plus the catch-up the state expects. Louisiana grants three years to reinstate a revoked charter, and means it. 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 reinstatement application, $75, 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 →
Louisiana revokes charters after three lapsed reports and then starts a second, harder clock: three years to reinstate, $75, and when it expires the company is beyond recovery, the civil-law state treats final as final. Both of Louisiana’s threes are real; only one of them is curable.
The lapsed annual reports caught up with their fees, alongside the $75 application, filed inside three years of the revocation date, the date to confirm before anything else.
The state side starts at $75 for the reinstatement application, 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
Louisiana’s comeback runs in sequence: confirm the status, cure the cause, catch up the filings, then the reinstatement application for $75 with the Secretary of State. The window matters here, three years from the revocation, strictly: louisiana’s reinstatement must be filed within three years of the effective date, and after that the revocation is final, permanently. 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 strikes revoked us, three years nearly buried us
The New Orleans company struck out on annual reports and lost its charter, and we treated the three-year reinstatement window like a someday. At month thirty-one, a licensing renewal demanded the charter back, and the $75 cure filed with five months of forever to spare. Louisiana counts in threes. The second count is the one that ends things.
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Louisiana, beyond the comeback
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How do I reinstate an LLC in Louisiana?
Cure the cause, catch up the filings, and submit the reinstatement application with the Secretary of State, $75 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 Louisiana LLC?
The application is $75, 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 Louisiana require tax clearance to reinstate?
No: Louisiana 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 Louisiana LLC?
Three years from the revocation, strictly: Louisiana’s reinstatement must be filed within three years of the effective date, and after that the revocation is final, permanently.
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 Louisiana 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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