Kansas LLC filing: an $85 formation fee just cut in 2026, and a report due only every two years

Every figure on this page comes from the Kansas Secretary of State and the Department of Revenue, not an aggregator, and one of them changed in the owner’s favor this year. In February 2026 Kansas cut the LLC formation fee to $85 online, down from $160, so Kansas is now among the cheapest states to form in. The recurring report is $50 and due only every two years, not annually, and there is no franchise tax. Paired with the absence of a transfer tax and the series LLC on the structure and cost page, Kansas is inexpensive to run a multi-property structure, and unlike most cheap states it also carries the elite charging-order protection on the protection page. Cheap and protective is a rare combination, and Kansas has both.

Forming the company

Formation is a single filing, recently made cheaper.

Kansas forms an LLC on Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State for $85 online, cut from $160 in February 2026.

You create a Kansas LLC by filing the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State for an $85 fee online, or $90 on paper, naming the company and a resident agent with a Kansas address. The fee was reduced from $160 effective in February 2026, which moved Kansas from the middle of the pack to among the least expensive states to form in. There is no publication requirement and no minimum tax at formation.

The report that comes every two years

Kansas’s recurring obligation is cheap and biennial.

Kansas requires a $50 information report every two years, due April 15, on the parity of the formation year.

Every Kansas LLC files a biennial information report with the Secretary of State, $50 online, due by April 15 of every other year, matching the parity of the year the LLC was formed: an entity formed in an even-numbered year files in even years, and one formed in an odd year files in odd years. The biennial cadence, shared with only a few states, cuts the recurring paperwork in half, but the parity rule is a trap, because a deadline that comes every other year in a pattern tied to the formation year is easy to lose track of. Missing it opens a three-month delinquency window, after which the entity is forfeited and cannot transact with the state, and forfeiture ends the good standing the liability shield depends on. There is no franchise tax to add on top; Kansas repealed it in 2011.

Multiple entities, cheap and protected

Kansas’s low, biennial cost changes the multi-property math in the owner’s favor.

Because Kansas is cheap to maintain, imposes no transfer tax, and offers a series LLC, holding several properties here is inexpensive and well protected.

In most states, a multi-property structure means an annual report and fee for each entity, and a transfer tax each time property moves. Kansas removes all three pressures: the report is biennial and only $50, there is no transfer tax when property moves into an entity, and the series LLC on the structure and cost page lets one company hold several properties. What makes Kansas unusual is that this low cost comes with elite protection rather than instead of it. Many cheap-to-maintain states, like South Carolina, are cheap precisely because they are light-touch, but Kansas pairs the low cost with the strongest tier of charging-order law and an unlimited homestead. So a Kansas multi-property structure is both inexpensive to run and genuinely well protected, with the main discipline being the biennial report date for each entity.

The bottom line

A Kansas LLC forms on Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State for $85 online, cut from $160 in February 2026.

The recurring report is $50 and due only every two years, by April 15, on the parity of the formation year, which is easy to lose track of.

Missing the report opens a three-month delinquency window and then forfeiture, which ends good standing and the liability shield.

There is no franchise tax, no transfer tax, and a series LLC, so holding several properties in Kansas is inexpensive.

Unlike most cheap-to-maintain states, Kansas pairs the low cost with elite charging-order protection and an unlimited homestead.

What this page does not cover

This page is about fees, forms, and deadlines. How creditors reach a member’s interest, the elite charging order, and the unlimited homestead are on the protection page. The Delaware-modeled act and how far the operating agreement can go are on the governance page. Kansas’s near-flat income tax, the absence of a real estate transfer tax, and the series LLC are on the structure and cost page.

Last verified August 2026.