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Louisiana Increases Secretary of State Fees for Business Filings

September 07, 2026 (2 min read)

2026 legislative changes and updated filing fees

Earlier this year, Louisiana lawmakers approved increases to a number of the fees charged by the Secretary of State for business filings. These new fees take effect on October 1.

The 2026 edition of CSC’s Louisiana Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated  captures these and other recent legislative changes. Published in collaboration with legal publisher LexisNexis®, the book is a comprehensive yet portable collection of Louisiana statutes and regulations that allows practitioners in the state to conduct research more effectively, complete transactions more efficiently, and advise clients with confidence.

Statutes, case notes, forms and fee schedules in one volume

The latest edition of CSC’s Louisiana Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated is current through Act 873 of the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana State Legislature. Our Table of Sections Affected lists statutes that were added or amended, and our Legislative Analysis provides an overview of how these changes have affected the law.

This book features the full text of Title 12 — Corporations & Associations from the LexisNexis Louisiana Annotated Statutes, as well as a curated selection of statutes from related titles and regulations from the Louisiana Administrative Code concerning partnership, trademarks, taxation, arbitration, securities, and secured transactions. 

Statutory content is fully annotated with more than a dozen new case notes from courts interpreting the law added since the 2025 edition. In addition, you’ll find four full-text cases of interest dealing with LLC members, dissolution of an LLC, ultra vires corporate actions, and challenging ADR awards. Our Table of New Annotations lists added cases, and new case notes are highlighted with a gray bar in the book for easy identification. 

Readers can also access more than 30 Louisiana forms for incorporation or formation, qualification, mergers, dissolution, and name reservation for all entity types via the LexisNexis® Store download center. Several forms have been updated; make sure you’re working with the most up-to-date forms. An updated Fee Schedule shows the Secretary of State's new filing fees for business services.

As with CSC's other statutory desk books, the 2026 edition of Louisiana Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated is available as a softbound book or as an eBook, compatible with dedicated eReader devices, computers, tablets, and smartphones that use eReader software or applications. It's also available on the LexisNexis® Digital Library.

Valued feature! With your subscription to the eBook version of this title, you can keep personalized in-book notes to reference on-point passages quickly or add context with their own insights. You can also migrate those notes across editions.

Legal professionals who find this resource to be helpful and practice in Texas may also be interested in CSC's Texas Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated. This biannually updated statutory collection is an essential resource for business and legal professionals in the Lone Star State.

To learn more about the 2026 Edition of Louisiana Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated, call 1.800.533.1637 or visit us online at www.lexisnexis.com/csc.