Yes, in one of three ways. You can domesticate or convert the LLC into the new state, which keeps the same entity and usually the same EIN. You can register the existing LLC in the new state as a foreign LLC. Or you can form a new LLC there and dissolve the old one, which means a new EIN.
Both states must allow it. You file a conversion or domestication document in the new state and a matching filing in the old one. The LLC keeps its history, contracts and bank accounts, and usually its EIN. This is the cleanest route when it is available, so check both states' rules before you start.
The LLC stays formed in its home state and also registers in the new state as a foreign LLC. Nothing about the entity changes, but you now pay two sets of state fees and file two annual reports. This suits an LLC that has opened a real office in a second state.
You form a new LLC in the new state, move the business across and dissolve the old one. It works everywhere, but the new LLC needs a new EIN, new bank accounts and fresh verification with Stripe and other platforms.
Your bank will ask for the new state documents, so plan for a KYC review. Form 5472 keeps going under whichever entity owns the EIN that year. If you form a new LLC, the old one still files a final pro forma 1120 and Form 5472.
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