The Iowa Annual Report Is Biennial

Does Iowa require an annual report? No. Iowa requires a biennial report, filed once every two years under Iowa Code § 489.212. For LLCs that means odd-numbered years: 2027, 2029, and so on. Not every year, and not pegged to when you formed. Odd years, period.

The Basics

• Report name: Biennial Report (Iowa has no annual version)
• LLC filing years: odd-numbered years only
• Window: January 1 through April 1
• LLC fee: $30 online, $45 by mail or in person
• System: Fast Track Filing, the Secretary of State's online portal
• Statute: Iowa Code § 489.212

Due Date: April 1 of Odd-Numbered Years

The parity is set by entity type, not by your formation year. LLCs, LPs, and nonprofit corporations file in odd years. For-profit corporations file in even years. Your first report as an LLC falls in the first odd-numbered year after the year you formed: organize in 2025 and your first window is January 1 to April 1 of 2027.

You can file any time inside the three-month window. Waiting past April 1 starts the delinquency clock.

The Iowa Biennial Report Fee: $30 Online, $45 on Paper

An LLC pays $30 through Fast Track Filing, or $45 if the report goes in by mail or in person. That is the entire recurring state obligation, once every two years. For comparison, for-profit corporations pay a flat $60 in even years and nonprofits pay nothing.

How to File the Report (Five Steps)

1. Open the Fast Track Filing system. No account is needed; the state exempts biennial reports from its login requirement.
2. Locate your entity. The system pre-fills the company name and the current registered agent and registered office.
3. Confirm the principal office street address. Update the registered agent listing if it has changed; any new agent must consent.
4. Answer the agricultural land disclosure and sign. A member, a manager, or the registered agent may sign under Iowa Code § 489.203.
5. Pay and submit. The information must be accurate as of the date the report is delivered for filing.

The state posts its own walkthrough at help.sos.iowa.gov.

What Iowa Wants on the Report

Three data points. The statute requires the company name, the registered agent's name and Iowa street address, and the principal office street address. It does not require member names, manager names, an FEIN, or an email address. The registered office must be a street address; a PO box does not qualify. Full text of chapter 489 sits on the Iowa Legislature's site.

Miss the Deadline and Here Is the Sequence

There is no statutory late fee. Do not mistake that for leniency. After April 1 the state marks the company delinquent and sends a notice. If the report remains unfiled by August, a domestic LLC is administratively dissolved and a foreign LLC has its registration revoked. Dissolution strips the liability protection until you reinstate, and reinstatement demands more time and money than the $30 report ever would.

What We Do

We do not file the report for you; it takes minutes in the state system with your own information. What we do:

• Remind you before the January window of your odd year opens
• Scan and email every Secretary of State notice the day it arrives
• Hold the registered agent line on your record so the agent section of the report is already correct

$99 per year, biennial reminders included.

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