LLC Annual and Biennial Report Requirements in Missouri

At a glance

What Missouri requires instead of an annual report

Missouri is one of a small group of states that asks a limited liability company for no periodic report at all. There is no annual report, no biennial report, and no recurring "registration report" for a domestic or foreign LLC — and so no recurring report fee and no recurring report deadline. The Secretary of State's Corporations Division states that "All corporations doing business in this state must file an annual registration report," and failing to file it administratively dissolves a corporation. That duty is a corporation rule under Chapter 351. An LLC files nothing on a schedule.

What an LLC must do instead is stay reachable. Under RSMo § 347.030, every LLC "shall have and continuously maintain in this state" a registered office and a registered agent — the person or company that receives lawsuits and official notices. That obligation is event-driven, not annual: when the agent or the office changes, the LLC files a statement of change with the Secretary of State (online through the business portal or on paper), giving the company name, the old and new registered-office addresses, and the new agent's written consent. There is no fee-bearing yearly filing wrapped around it, and Missouri never asks an LLC for a recurring list of its members, managers, or finances.

Other changes can also trigger a filing. RSMo § 347.041 requires the articles of organization to be amended promptly and no later than 60 days after a change in whether management is vested in managers or members, a change in the LLC's name, or a change in the dissolution time stated in the articles. The amendment identifies the LLC, the covered event and its date, the amendment, and the authority for filing it. This is another event-driven deadline, not a periodic report.

The enforcement mechanism replaces the "missed report" penalty other states use. Under RSMo § 347.183(2), the Secretary of State may cancel an LLC's articles of organization if the company fails to maintain a registered agent, fails to pay a required fee, or fails to file a required document — but only after 30 days' written notice to the LLC's last registered agent, member, or manager, and the LLC can appeal to the circuit court. If the company fixes the problem, the Secretary "may rescind" the cancellation once the LLC "has corrected the conditions" (§ 347.183(3)). Missouri also authorizes a $10 fee for each 30-day period that an actual required filing is delinquent (§ 347.183(4)); that charge does not create an annual report where none exists.

What trips people up

• "Every Missouri business files an annual report." Corporations and nonprofits do; LLCs do not. If a filing service or reminder tells you your Missouri LLC owes an annual registration report, it is describing the corporation rule under Chapter 351. There is no LLC equivalent.
• No report is not the same as no upkeep. The way a Missouri LLC quietly loses good standing is not a missed report — there isn't one — but a lapsed registered agent, a missed required amendment, or an unpaid required fee. Under § 347.183(2) that is a ground for cancellation after 30 days' notice.
• No report is not the same as no tax. Skipping the (nonexistent) annual report does not skip Missouri tax. Members generally report the LLC's income on their own returns, and a business may owe sales or withholding tax. Those are Department of Revenue matters, separate from the Secretary of State and outside this survey.

Common questions

Do I have to file anything with the Secretary of State every year to keep my Missouri LLC active? No. A Missouri LLC files no annual or biennial report. As long as you keep a valid registered agent and registered office on file and make the event-driven filings Chapter 347 requires, the LLC has no recurring report filing or fee.

What is the closest thing Missouri has to an annual report for an LLC? The registered-agent and registered-office record, plus any required articles amendment. These are event-driven, not periodic: § 347.030 covers agent and office changes, while § 347.041 gives an LLC 60 days for the three covered changes to its articles.

My Missouri LLC's registration was cancelled — can I get it back? Usually yes. If the Secretary cancelled it for failing to maintain an agent, pay fees, or file a required document (§ 347.183(2)), correcting the problem lets the Secretary rescind the cancellation under § 347.183(3). Confirm the required corrective documents and current charges with the Corporations Division before filing.

Does an out-of-state (foreign) LLC registered in Missouri file an annual report? No. A registered foreign LLC is treated the same way: no periodic report, but it must maintain a Missouri registered agent and office, and it faces the same cancellation exposure under RSMo § 347.183 if it lets the agent lapse or ignores required fees.

Statutes and sources

• Mo. Secretary of State, Corporations Division — Other Filings Required of General Business Corporations. Official statement that the annual registration report is a corporation requirement and that, for all other business entities (LLCs included), the consequence attaches to failing to maintain a registered agent. https://www.sos.mo.gov/business/corporations/filings (accessed 2026-07-16)
• RSMo § 347.030 — the continuing duty of every LLC to have and continuously maintain a Missouri registered office and registered agent, and how a change is filed. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.030 (accessed 2026-07-16)
• RSMo § 347.041 — articles-amendment contents and the 60-day deadline for three covered changes. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.041 (accessed 2026-07-16)
• RSMo § 347.179 — the LLC filing-fee schedule, which contains no annual or biennial report fee. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.179 (accessed 2026-07-16)
• RSMo § 347.183 — the Secretary's powers to cancel an LLC's registration for failing to maintain an agent, pay fees, or file documents (with 30-day notice); to rescind on cure; to charge $10-per-30-day late filing fees for filings Chapter 347 actually requires. https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=347.183 (accessed 2026-07-16)