Alaska LLC Annual Report: Due Date, Fee and Late Penalty

Alaska LLC biennial report rules at a glance

State fees verified October 2026 and set by the state, not by us. Deadlines, penalties and dissolution rules are Alaska's, read from its statutes and the pages of the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing; the statutes are cited in the text.

How Alaska's biennial report works

Alaska calls it a Biennial Report and files it through the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, part of the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. It is due January 2 of every second year, and which years are yours depends on the year the LLC was formed: an LLC formed in an even year reports in even years, one formed in an odd year in odd years. The state opens the window early, on October 2 of the year before the due date.

The state fee is $100 per report. Alaska is unusual in giving a month of grace: a report filed through February 1 costs the plain $100, and one filed on or after February 2 is treated as late, at $137.50. The extra $37.50 is $25 for the late year plus 10% of the fee and charge under 3 AAC 16.065, so a report left much longer costs more again.

The report confirms the LLC's registered agent and office, its mailing address, and the names and addresses of its members and managers, and it asks for the percentage held by each member, which most states do not. It is filed online through the Division's site.

Who files it and what the form asks

Every Alaska LLC on the state's active record owes the biennial report for each report year, whether or not it did any business; an LLC that has stopped trading still owes it until it files articles of dissolution. A member, manager or someone they authorize signs it, and in practice the owner, the registered agent or the company's accountant files it.

The form confirms what the state already holds: the principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the people who run the LLC, with the Alaska-specific fields described above. What matters is that anything that changed during the year is corrected here, because the state sends its notices, including the next year's reminder, to the addresses on the report.

Changing the registered agent is best treated as a separate filing in Alaska: the biennial report confirms the agent on record, and the state's statement of change names the new one. Owners who switch agents usually file the change first so the report shows the right agent. We can make the switch for you, and the Alaska registered agent rules cover who may serve. Every state's change form and fee is in how to change a registered agent.

When the Alaska biennial report is due

Alaska uses one date for every LLC: January 2, every second year (counted from the formation year). The state starts accepting the report on October 2 of the year before, so the filing window runs from then to the due date, and filing in the first weeks of it is the simplest way never to meet the penalty.

The report is still on time for the penalty through February 1. Alaska keeps accepting that year's report, with the penalty, through December 31 of the report year; after that the consequences below take over.

Your first biennial report

The first biennial report is due January 2 two years after the formation year, then every second year (formed in 2026: January 2, 2028, then 2030). Nothing is owed the year after formation.

The state fee and the late penalty

The state fee is $100, paid once every two years, so $50 a year in effect. It is set by Alaska and published on the state's own schedule; anyone who files for you pays the same amount to the state, and the state fee is shown separately wherever the filing is sold.

Filed late, the report costs $37.50 more once February 1 has passed, $137.50 in state charges altogether. The penalty is Alaska's, owed to the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, and it is charged whether the report is a day late or six months late.

If you missed the Alaska biennial report

Alaska involuntarily dissolves an LLC once its report or fee is six months late, after written notice and 60 days to cure, so the earliest dissolution for a January 2 miss is around October of the same year. Reinstatement is allowed only within two years, and the statute (AS 10.50.408) prices it at double the amount that was delinquent plus anything that came due while dissolved, so one missed report usually costs about $275 in state charges to put right.

The ladder is the same everywhere: a late fee where the state has one, then loss of good standing (which blocks a certificate of good standing and the loans, contracts and registrations that need one), then administrative dissolution or revocation, then reinstatement. Our guide to reinstating a dissolved LLC walks through the steps and the state fees in every state, and we file reinstatements. Until the LLC is dissolved, the cheapest fix is almost always to file the report now.

Before you file the Alaska biennial report

The filing itself takes minutes once the details are to hand; most of the time lost on a biennial report is spent hunting for them. Have ready:

• The LLC's Alaska file or entity number, as it appears on the articles or on the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing business search; the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing requires an online account tied to the record, so set that up before the deadline week.
• The registered agent's current name and Alaska street address; if the agent has changed, file the change first.
• The principal office and mailing address as they should read for the coming year.
• The names and addresses the Alaska form asks for (above), spelled as the state has them.
• A card for the $100 state fee, plus the late penalty if the due date has passed.
• The signer's name and capacity: member, manager or authorized person.

Save the state's confirmation when it arrives. It is the proof of filing a bank, a lender or a buyer will ask for, and the date on it is the date the state goes by.

How Alaska compares with its neighbors

Alaska's biennial report is due January 2, with a state fee of $100. Next door:

• Alabama: no LLC annual report at all.
• Arizona: no LLC annual report at all.

An LLC registered to do business in more than one of these states owes each state's report on each state's calendar; the formation state's filing never covers a foreign registration, and the due dates rarely line up.