Every fee datum on this page is verified against the agency's own published schedule or statute (independent re-verification, 2026-09-04); the origin of each value is kept in its record as evidence.
Values were first corroborated across independent internal records; verified cells now also carry the agency's own published schedule or statute as their authority, which is what promotion to verified requires.
Cost position
Ranked 5 of 54 on first-year state
filing cost, at $55.00 against a national median
of $181.50.
Recurring annual cost $190.
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Registered-agent statutes, quoted verbatim
The one section on this page that clears the publication gate in full. 8 citations, verified, quoted from the official code with every elision marked.
KRS 14A.4-010
◎Verified
Kentucky Business Entity Filing Act · applies to
corporations and LLCs
Registered office and registered agent required.(1) Each entity and each foreign entity qualified to transact business in this Commonwealth shall continuously maintain in this Commonwealth: (a) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (b) A registered agent, who may be: 1. An individual who resides in this Commonwealth and whose business address is identical with the registered office; or 2. An entity or foreign entity qualified to transact business in this Commonwealth whose business address is identical with the registered office.
Kentucky Business Corporation Act · applies to
corporations
Registered office and registered agent -- Requirement for agent's written acceptance of appointment.Each corporation shall continuously maintain in this Commonwealth a registered office and a registered agent that comply with KRS 14A.4-010.
Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act · applies to
LLCs
Registered office -- Registered agent.Each domestic limited liability company shall continuously maintain in this Commonwealth a registered office and a registered agent that comply with KRS 14A.4-010.
Kentucky Business Corporation Act · applies to
corp
Articles of incorporation.(1) The articles of incorporation shall set forth: (a) A corporate name for the corporation that satisfies the requirements of KRS 14A.3-010; (b) The number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue; (c) The corporation's initial registered office and initial registered agent that satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.4-010; (d) The mailing address of the corporation's principal office; and (e) The name and mailing address of each incorporator.
Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act · applies to
LLCs
Procedure for forming limited liability company.(1) One (1) or more persons may serve as the organizer and form a limited liability company by delivering articles of organization to the Secretary of State for filing. It shall not be necessary that the person or persons be members of the limited liability company. (2) Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the existence of the limited liability company shall begin when the articles of organization are filed by the Secretary of State. [...]
Kentucky Business Entity Filing Act · applies to
corporations and LLCs
Annual report.(1) Each entity and each foreign entity authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual report that sets forth: (a) The name of the entity or foreign entity and the state or country under whose law it is organized; [...] (3) The first annual report shall be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and June 30 of the year following the calendar year in which an entity was organized or a foreign entity was authorized to transact business in this state. Subsequent annual reports shall be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and June 30 of each following calendar year.
Kentucky Business Entity Filing Act · applies to
corporations and LLCs
Grounds for administrative dissolution.(1) The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding to administratively dissolve an entity: (a) If the entity does not deliver for filing its annual report with the Secretary of State by the due date thereof; (b) If the entity is without a registered office or registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; (c) If the entity does not notify the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days that its registered office or registered agent has been changed, that its registered office has been discontinued or that its registered agent has resigned; or (d) For such other reasons as are provided in this chapter or the organic law governing the entity.
Kentucky Business Entity Filing Act · applies to
corporations and LLCs
Entity name.(1) Except as authorized by subsection (24) of this section, the real name of an entity or foreign entity shall be distinguishable from any name of record with the Secretary of State. (2) The real name of a corporation or nonprofit corporation: (a) 1. Shall end with the word "corporation," "company," or "limited" or the abbreviation "Corp.," "Inc.," "Co.," or "Ltd." or words or abbreviations of like import in another language [...] (3) The real name of a limited liability company shall end with the phrase "limited liability company" or "limited company" or the abbreviation "LLC" or "LC," [...]
If an entity has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the entity at its principal office. Service is perfected on receipt, the return-receipt date, or 5 days after deposit in the U.S. mail, whichever is earliest.
Reinstatement Fee. Reinstatement after administrative dissolution requires payment of the reinstatement penalty ($100 under KRS 14A.2-060(1)(j)) plus the current fee for filing each delinquent annual report ($15 each under KRS 14A.2-060(2)(a)), a Department of Revenue tax-clearance certificate, and (for business corporations) an unemployment-insurance clearance.
No Court Access. A foreign entity transacting business in Kentucky without a certificate of authority (e.g. after revocation for failure to maintain an agent) may not maintain a proceeding in any Kentucky court until it obtains a certificate of authority.
Civil Penalty. A foreign entity transacting business without a certificate of authority is liable for a civil penalty of $2 for each day of unauthorized business.
Other. Revocation of a foreign entity's certificate of authority appoints the Secretary of State as the foreign entity's registered agent for proceedings on causes of action that arose while it was authorized.
Dollar amounts named in the registered-agent statutes
What
Amount
Status
Filing fee for a statement of change of registered office or registered agent, or both
$10
○Pending review
Agent's statement of change of registered office, per affected entity, capped at a total of $2,000
$10 (max $2,000)
○Pending review
Agent's statement of resignation
No fee
○Pending review
Reinstatement penalty following administrative dissolution
$100
○Pending review
Fee for each annual report (also the per-report fee for each delinquent report on reinstatement)
$15
○Pending review
Fee collected by the Secretary of State each time process is served on him or her under ch. 14A (recoverable as costs by a prevailing party)
$10
○Pending review
Civil penalty per day for a foreign entity transacting business without a certificate of authority
$2 per day
○Pending review
16 statutory citations and their supporting verbatim quotations sit behind this section in the record and are withheld from public display until the review pass lands, because a citation presented as authority is a verification claimed. Statutory references appearing inside the summaries above are part of the recorded text rather than an authority claim, and they are not rendered as citations, linked, or emitted in this page's structured data. How the gate works.
After administrative dissolution or revocation: the registered agent's appointment
What Kentucky's own statutes do to the registered agent's appointment and authority for service of processService of processFormal delivery of lawsuits and legal notices.Read the full entry → once the state administratively dissolves a domestic entity or revokes a foreign one's authority. Continues: the statute keeps the agent of record after the state's action. Ends: a section terminates the appointment by operation of law. Statute is silent: no section speaks to it, and the nearest provision is stated instead. What any provider does about such an appointment is its own policy, not a fact recorded here. All jurisdictions side by side.
Kentucky - the registered agent's appointment after the state's administrative action, by entity class
Entity class
The appointment
What the statute provides
The state's own status words
Domestic corporation
continues
KRS 14A.7-020(4)
'administratively dissolved'; record shows 'inactive' status and 'bad standing' (Secretary of State Annual Reports page, heading 'Administrative Dissolution'; certificate of dissolution under KRS 14A.7-020(2))
Domestic LLC
continues
KRS 14A.7-020(4)
'administratively dissolved'; record shows 'inactive' status and 'bad standing' (same agency page, which speaks of 'Domestic entities')
Foreign corporation
continues
KRS 14A.9-080(5)
certificate of authority 'revoked'; certificate of revocation (agency page heading 'Revocation of Authority'; KRS 14A.9-080(2))
Foreign LLC
continues
KRS 14A.9-080(5)
certificate of authority 'revoked'; certificate of revocation (same agency page, which speaks of 'Foreign business entities')
Nonprofit corporation
continues
KRS 14A.7-020(4), which applies to any 'entity' administratively dissolved
'administratively dissolved' (agency page speaks of domestic entities generally)
Limited partnership
continues
KRS 14A.7-020(4), which applies to any 'entity' administratively dissolved
'administratively dissolved' (agency page speaks of domestic entities generally)
After administrative dissolution - Kentucky◎Verified
at any time after the effective date of dissolution (KRS 14A.7-030(1)); barred if the entity has taken the action necessary to wind up and liquidate and notify claimants (KRS 14A.7-030(4)); no reinstatement after an unextended expiration of the period of duration (KRS 14A.8-010(2))
How the agent comes off the record
A registered agent comes off the record by signing and delivering a Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent (SRA) to the Secretary of State, for which there is no filing fee, and the agency appointment terminates on the earlier of the appointment of a successor agent or the thirty-first day after the statement is filed, with the Secretary of State mailing copies to the registered office and to the entity at its Form: Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent (SRA) (Domestic or Foreign Business Entity).
Whether an entity formed in another state may become a Kentucky entity by domestication or conversion, and whether a Kentucky entity may leave the same way, as Kentucky's own statutes and filing officeFiling officeThe agency that keeps the business register.Read the full entry → state it: the instrument by its exact title, the order of filings, the state fee, the filing method, whether a registered agent must be named on the inbound filing, and what the record here shows after an exit. Yes: the statute provides for the move. No: the act has no such provision. Limited: some entity types or conditions only. A cell that has not cleared independent verification reads not yet established. What any provider charges or recommends is not recorded here. All jurisdictions side by side, with the most-asked moves.
Moving the entity - Kentucky◎Verified
Into Kentucky (domestication in)
limited by Articles of OrganizationArticles of organizationThe document filed with the state to create an LLC - the LLC equivalent of articles of incorporation.Read the full entry → | Certificate of Limited Partnership. No Kentucky act lets a foreign entity become a Kentucky entity of the same type by domestication, continuance or transfer of domicile; the only published inbound paths are a foreign nonprofit corporation converting into a Kentucky nonprofit limited liability company (KRS 275.376(13)) and a limited liability company whose governing statute authorizes the conversion converting into a Kentucky limited partnership (KRS ... By entity type: corporation no; nonprofit corporation limited; LLC limited; LP not established; LLP not established; LLLP not established.
Out of Kentucky (domestication out)
no. The acts publish no instrument by which a Kentucky entity becomes an entity of another jurisdiction and no effect-of-departure sentence; a Kentucky corporation that wishes to move combines with a foreign corporation by merger under KRS 271B.11-070 and a Kentucky limited liability company may merge with other business entities under KRS 275.345. By entity type: corporation no; nonprofit corporation not established; LLC no; LP not established; LLP not established; LLLP not established.
Order of filings
The statute and form set no order. For the only inbound moves Kentucky publishes, the arriving entity approves a written plan of conversion under its own and Kentucky's law and then delivers one Kentucky document to the Secretary of State: a foreign nonprofit corporation converting into a Kentucky nonprofit limited liability company files Articles of Organization that satisfy KRS 275.025 and also state that the corporation was converted, its former name, the vote by which the plan was approved, and that the only members are 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) organizations, while a limited liability company converting into a Kentucky ...
After an exit, what Kentucky's record shows
Kentucky prints no status for an entity that has domesticated or converted out because no Kentucky act provides for an outbound move, and an entity that converts type within Kentucky owes no further termination filing because the statute declares the converted entity to be for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion. No separate withdrawal or termination filing is owed here.
yes - The articles of organization shall set forth the registered office and initial registered agent that satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.4-010
Conversion between entity types within Kentucky
Kentucky allows conversion between several entity types in state - a corporation into a limited liability company or into a statutory trust, a corporation into a nonstock nonprofit corporation, a partnership or limited partnership into a limited liability company or a statutory trust, a limited liability company into a limited partnership or limited liability partnership, and a nonprofit corporation into a nonprofit limited liability company - each effected by filing the ...
7 governance rules are recorded for Kentucky - the organizational and annual meetings, action by written consent, and whether bylaws or an operating agreement are mandatory. Each verified rule links to the statutory text it was verified against, quoted verbatim below.
Organizational meeting required · applies to
corporations ·
yes
the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws
Operating agreement required · applies to
LLCs ·
no
"Operating agreement" means any agreement, written or oral, among all of the members, as to the conduct of the business and affairs of a limited liability company.
An operating agreement may set forth provisions relating to notice of the time, place, or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any members
Action by written consent allowed · applies to
LLCs ·
yes
an action requiring the vote, approval, or consent of the members may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if the vote, approval, or consent is set forth in a writing
Renewal certificate filed with SOS within the 6 months before expiration, $20, renews for successive 5-year term. SOS does NOT send renewal reminders - registrant must diarize
Publication
Not required. None
Online filing
Available
The regime
Kentucky requires a certificate of assumed name before any individual, general partnership, limited partnership, business or statutory trust, corporation, LLC, limited cooperative association, or filed unincorporated nonprofit association transacts business under anything other than its statutorily defined 'real name.' Individuals file with the county clerk; all listed business organizations (including general partnerships) file with the Secretary of State, with a stamped copy then filed with the appropriate county clerk.
Where it is filed
Individuals file the certificate with the county clerk of the county of their principal place of business. Business organizations deliver the certificate to the Secretary of State with an exact or conformed copy, and a stamped 'filed' copy is then filed with the county clerk of the county of the registered agent (or principal office); if the entity maintains neither in Kentucky, the certificate is filed only with the Secretary of State.
Term and renewal
Five years from the date of filing.
Name restrictions
An assumed name filed with the Secretary of State must be distinguishable from every name already of record with the Secretary of State.
Assumed names for registered entities
Kentucky's Business Entity Filing Act supplies the foreign-entity name-conflict mechanism: a foreign entity whose real name does not satisfy KRS 14A.3-010 may adopt a fictitious name (or add an entity identifier) to qualify, and any entity transacting business under other than its real or duly adopted fictitious name must comply with the assumed-name statute, KRS 365.015.
Secretary of State filing fee (each certificate, amendment, and renewal certificate)
$20
KRS 365.015(11)
◎Verified
County clerk filing fee
Set by KRS 64.012 fee schedule; dollar amount not printed in KRS 365.015
KRS 365.015(11)
◎Verified
Known gaps in the record
Fees: county clerk fee amount is delegated to the KRS 64.012 fee schedule and not printed in KRS 365.015 (fees:agency-schedule)
Penalties: KRS 365.015 contains no penalty or enforcement clause, and no chapter 365 penalty section tied to 365.015 was found in the chapter TOC in corpus (365.010 was repealed in 1974 per the retrieval manifest)
Where do I file an assumed name (DBA) in Kentucky?
It depends on who is filing. An individual (sole proprietor) files the certificate of assumed name with the county clerk of the county of his or her principal place of business. General partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations, LLCs, trusts, and limited cooperative associations deliver the certificate to the Secretary of State, and a copy stamped 'filed' is then filed with the county clerk of the county where the entity maintains its registered agent or principal office (KRS 365.015(3)).
How long does a Kentucky assumed name last?
Five years from the date of filing. It may be renewed for successive five-year terms by filing a renewal certificate within the six months before the term expires, in the same manner as the original filing (KRS 365.015(4)).
Does filing a Kentucky assumed name protect the name from use by others?
No. KRS 365.015(7) states: 'The filing of a certificate of assumed name shall not automatically prevent the use of that name or protect that name from use by other persons.' A certificate filed with the Secretary of State must, however, be distinguishable from names already on the Secretary of State's records (KRS 365.015(2)(d)).
What does a Kentucky assumed-name filing cost?
The Secretary of State receives a fee of twenty dollars ($20) for filing each certificate, amendment, and renewal certificate; the county clerk receives a fee under the separate KRS 64.012 fee schedule (KRS 365.015(11)).
Recurring entity-level tax
Limited Liability Entity Tax (LLET)
◎Verified
What it is called
Limited Liability Entity Tax (LLET)
KRS 141.0401 'Limited liability entity tax -- Exemptions -- Rate' (current version effective July 15, 2026, as amended by 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 51); imposed on 'every corporation and every limited liability pass-through entity doing business in Kentucky' - an annual entity-level tax owed regardless of income, i.e. a privilege-class tax · source↗ (opens the official source)
Administering agency
Kentucky Department of Revenue
KRS 141.0401(4)-(5) (returns filed with and forms prescribed by 'the department'); DOR Corporation Income and Limited Liability Entity Tax page · source↗ (opens the official source)
KRS 141.0401(2)(a)-(b): tax is 'the greater of the amount computed under paragraph (b)... or one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175)'; paragraph (b) tax is 'the lesser of' the gross-receipts and gross-profits computations · source↗ (opens the official source)
Minimum
$175
KRS 141.0401(2)(a): 'The tax shall be the greater of the amount computed under paragraph (b)... or one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175), regardless of the application of any tax credits' · source↗ (opens the official source)
Due date
Return due on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year (April 15 for calendar-year entities); filed with the income tax return (Forms 720/720S/725/765, Schedule LLET)
KRS 141.0401(4): 'on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of the taxpayer's taxable year' · source↗ (opens the official source)
Stored as a delta against the federal baseline:
5 days this state closes that the
federal government does not, and 2 federal
holidays its filing office works through.
Kentucky 2026 closure delta
Date
Day
Filing office
2026-01-02
New Year's second day
Filing office closed
2026-02-16
Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day)
OPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-04-03
Good Friday (half day)
Filing office closed
2026-10-12
Columbus Day
OPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-11-27
Day after Thanksgiving
Filing office closed
2026-12-24
Christmas Eve
Filing office closed
2026-12-31
New Year's Eve
Filing office closed
Provenance - Kentucky 2026 closures◎Verified
Citation withheld: this record did not clear the publication gate.
Kentucky observed status strings and their verdict
Observed status
Verdict
Confidence
(BLANK)
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
A - ACTIVE
In good standing
high
A - ACTIVE GOOD
In good standing
high
A-ACTIVE
Unresolved - do not automate on this
low
ACTIVE
In good standing
high
ACTIVE UNTIL
In good standing
high
B - BAD
Not in good standing
high
C - UNKNOWN
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
DEFAULT
Not in good standing
high
DISSOLVED
Not in good standing
high
F - REAL NAME OF FOREIGN ORG. WHICH FILED UNDER A
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
FILED IN <YEAR>
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
G - KENTUCKY RUPA PARTNERSHIP (KNG)
Unresolved - do not automate on this
low
G - ON FILE
Unresolved - do not automate on this
low
H - UNKNOWN
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
I - INACTIVE
Not in good standing
high
I - INACTIVE EXPIRED
Not in good standing
medium
I - INACTIVE WITHDRAWN
Not in good standing
high
I- INACTIVE
Not in good standing
high
I-INACTIVE
Not in good standing
high
INACTIVE
Not in good standing
high
N - NOT VERIFIED
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
NOT FILED
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
NOT SOS FILED
Unresolved - do not automate on this
low
NOT YET FILED
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
P - PENDING REINSTATEMENT
Not in good standing
high
PENDING DISSOLUTION
Unresolved - do not automate on this
medium
REVOKED
Not in good standing
high
WITHDRAWN
Not in good standing
high
X - PENDING DISSOLUTION
Not in good standing
medium
X - PENDING REVOCATION
Not in good standing
high
Restricted entity-name words
4 restricted entity-name word entries
are recorded for Kentucky - 3 prohibited outright,
the rest requiring an agency's consent or licensure before the word may appear in a name.
bank / banker / banking / trust (or similar term, including foreign-language equivalents, characters, ideograms)
Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (enforcement); use allowed only if authorized by charter or state/federal law
KRS 286.3-027(1): a person 'shall not use the term "bank," "banker," "banking," "trust," or a similar term ... in its name ... in a manner that would imply to the public that the person is engaged in the banking or trust business'; civil penalty $1,000-$5,000 per violation under (3)
◎Verified
Prohibited
Cooperative
KRS 14A.3-010(13): 'Except as otherwise provided in this section, the word "cooperative" may not be used in the name of any entity doing business in this Commonwealth.'
◎Verified
Prohibited
credit union
KRS 286.6-045: 'No person, corporation, partnership or association, other than a legally chartered credit union, an association of credit unions, or an organization ... whose membership or ownership is primarily confined or restricted to credit unions ... may use a name or title containing the phrase "credit union" or any derivation thereof'
◎Verified
Prohibited
Rural Electric Cooperative
KRS 14A.3-010(12): 'The phrase "Rural Electric Cooperative" may not be used in the name of any entity or foreign entity except for one formed under KRS Chapter 279.'
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Contact the filing office
Verified against the agency's own contact page
2026-08-13 - office hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET.
Source links render on verified rows only.
Reaching the filing office
◎Verified
Phone
(502) 564-3490
Mailing address
Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 718, Frankfort, KY 40602-0718
Courier / walk-in
Kentucky Secretary of State, 1025 Capital Center Drive, Suite 201, Frankfort, KY 40601
The Division of Business Filings direct line and the form-footer PO box are the mail channel; overnight/courier and walk-ins go to the separate Capital Center Drive street address; checks to 'Kentucky State Treasurer', online filings via FastTrack (web.sos.ky.gov/fasttrack)
Where to search Kentucky's UCC (Article 9) financing statements, on what terms, and what the office charges to file one. Verified against the filing office's own pages 2026-09-11. UCC division contacts are listed with the other filing-office contacts above.
UCC records - Kentucky◎Verified
Filing office
Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State - UCC Division
Filing-office statute
KRS 355.9-501 (read at https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=33806): '(b) The office of the Secretary of State, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.' Fixture filings / as-extracted collateral / timber to be cut: the office for recording a mortgage on the related real property (county clerk).
$5 filed electronically; $10 on paper for a financing statement of no more than two pages, $20 for more than two pages; the number of debtor names does not change the fee
Searching the UCC index, as the office states the fee
certified search $5.00 per debtor name; online search free; copies $0.50 per page; certification $5.00
Filing channels
online or paper; Online through the Secretary of State's UCC e-filing site (https://web.sos.ky.gov/ftucc/default.aspx - 'Through this website, you can file most types of simple UCC-1 and UCC-3 filings'); paper by mail
UCC-3 amendments, as the office states the fees
UCC-3 amendments, terminations, assignments and continuations: $5 electronic; $10 written up to two pages, $20 written over two pages
Effective for
5 years from filing - KRS 355.9-515(1)
Bulk data
published bulk-data program - no separate setup fee published - subscription-based ($1,500/mo UCC data); FREE for non-commercial users (e.g. research) unless use turns commercial
Whether Kentucky requires a general state-level business license, and on what terms. A "None" is a verified finding cited to the agency's own pages, not a gap. Which of the state's filings ask for an industry code is in the next section.
State business license - Kentucky◎Verified
General state license
None - the state issues no general business license; licensing is occupation-specific and local
Where a new business registers
Kentucky Department of Revenue (tax registration, Form 10A100 via MyTaxes.ky.gov / Kentucky One Stop) - no general license issuer agency page↗ (opens the official source)
county and city licenses - The fiscal court of each county having a population of thirty thousand (30,000) or more may by ordinance impose license fees on franchises, provide for licensing any business, trade, occupation, or profession
Which of Kentucky's business filings ask the filer for an industry classification, and in what form. "No industry information" is a positive finding cited to the form. Where the state uses its own category list and the list was captured, it is expandable below. The NAICS and SIC reference lists are on their own page.
Industry code on Kentucky filings, 6 of 6 rows verified
Filing
Entity scope
Asks for
Required
Where on the form
Source
Formation
domestic profit corporation
no industry information
not asked
Form PAI Articles I-V (name, authorized shares, registered office/agent, principal office, incorporator) plus veteran-owned and nicotine-vapor-retailer checkbox
Kentucky has 120 county-equivalents: 120 countyies. Names and codes are the U.S. Census Bureau's (2020 national county codes); county seats and official sites are not yet published here.
All 120 county-equivalents
Kentucky county-equivalents
Name
Type
FIPS
Note
Adair County
county
21001
Allen County
county
21003
Anderson County
county
21005
Ballard County
county
21007
Barren County
county
21009
Bath County
county
21011
Bell County
county
21013
Boone County
county
21015
Bourbon County
county
21017
Boyd County
county
21019
Boyle County
county
21021
Bracken County
county
21023
Breathitt County
county
21025
Breckinridge County
county
21027
Bullitt County
county
21029
Butler County
county
21031
Caldwell County
county
21033
Calloway County
county
21035
Campbell County
county
21037
Carlisle County
county
21039
Carroll County
county
21041
Carter County
county
21043
Casey County
county
21045
Christian County
county
21047
Clark County
county
21049
Clay County
county
21051
Clinton County
county
21053
Crittenden County
county
21055
Cumberland County
county
21057
Daviess County
county
21059
Edmonson County
county
21061
Elliott County
county
21063
Estill County
county
21065
Fayette County
county
21067
consolidated city-county
Fleming County
county
21069
Floyd County
county
21071
Franklin County
county
21073
Fulton County
county
21075
Gallatin County
county
21077
Garrard County
county
21079
Grant County
county
21081
Graves County
county
21083
Grayson County
county
21085
Green County
county
21087
Greenup County
county
21089
Hancock County
county
21091
Hardin County
county
21093
Harlan County
county
21095
Harrison County
county
21097
Hart County
county
21099
Henderson County
county
21101
Henry County
county
21103
Hickman County
county
21105
Hopkins County
county
21107
Jackson County
county
21109
Jefferson County
county
21111
consolidated city-county
Jessamine County
county
21113
Johnson County
county
21115
Kenton County
county
21117
Knott County
county
21119
Knox County
county
21121
Larue County
county
21123
Laurel County
county
21125
Lawrence County
county
21127
Lee County
county
21129
Leslie County
county
21131
Letcher County
county
21133
Lewis County
county
21135
Lincoln County
county
21137
Livingston County
county
21139
Logan County
county
21141
Lyon County
county
21143
McCracken County
county
21145
McCreary County
county
21147
McLean County
county
21149
Madison County
county
21151
Magoffin County
county
21153
Marion County
county
21155
Marshall County
county
21157
Martin County
county
21159
Mason County
county
21161
Meade County
county
21163
Menifee County
county
21165
Mercer County
county
21167
Metcalfe County
county
21169
Monroe County
county
21171
Montgomery County
county
21173
Morgan County
county
21175
Muhlenberg County
county
21177
Nelson County
county
21179
Nicholas County
county
21181
Ohio County
county
21183
Oldham County
county
21185
Owen County
county
21187
Owsley County
county
21189
Pendleton County
county
21191
Perry County
county
21193
Pike County
county
21195
Powell County
county
21197
Pulaski County
county
21199
Robertson County
county
21201
Rockcastle County
county
21203
Rowan County
county
21205
Russell County
county
21207
Scott County
county
21209
Shelby County
county
21211
Simpson County
county
21213
Spencer County
county
21215
Taylor County
county
21217
Todd County
county
21219
Trigg County
county
21221
Trimble County
county
21223
Union County
county
21225
Warren County
county
21227
Washington County
county
21229
Wayne County
county
21231
Webster County
county
21233
Whitley County
county
21235
Wolfe County
county
21237
Woodford County
county
21239
Other records held
Other records held for Kentucky
Record
Value
Status
State trademark registration
$10 per class, 5 year term, $5 renewal
○Pending review
Change of registered agent
$10
○Pending review
Who must be named in public filings
Formation: LLC articles of organization (KRS 275.025, read from local corpus) require NO member or manager names - only name, registered agent/office, principal-office mailing address, and a member-managed vs manager-managed statement. Corp articles (KRS 271B.2-020, read from local corpus) require incorporator name/add
○Pending review
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