Foreign registration · no form number

Connecticut Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

To do business in New Jersey, a corporation formed in Connecticut registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Connecticut's Certificate of Legal Existence ($80). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury using your Connecticut records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Connecticut and New Jersey each ask for

	Connecticut formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$80	$100 at order
How it is handled	Connecticut: online, with an express version, or by mail	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	business.ct.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $150, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	Anniversary date of the filing of the first annual report	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Connecticut registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

How Connecticut companies register with New Jersey

Order the Connecticut certificate
The Certificate of Legal Existence ($80) is ordered from Connecticut separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. It comes as a short form ($80) or a long form ($120). New Jersey wants the Connecticut certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Jersey registered agent, next to your Connecticut name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Connecticut's certificate is in hand, New Jersey's filing goes in. Once New Jersey approves it, the Connecticut company can do business there.

First-year cost, Connecticut to New Jersey

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Legal Existence, paid to Connecticut	$80
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Connecticut certificate included	$379

Your Connecticut name and New Jersey's rules

If another New Jersey company uses the Connecticut name, an alternate name is allowed. We search New Jersey's records for Connecticut's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Connecticut one

Connecticut and New Jersey both call it a registered agent. New Jersey papers come to us; Connecticut's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Connecticut and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files Connecticut's Annual Report ($150) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Connecticut plus New Jersey comes to $374 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Connecticut to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Connecticut files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Legal Existence ($50)). After that come Connecticut's Annual Report ($80) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Jersey company in Connecticut

A corporation formed in New Jersey that registers with Connecticut files Connecticut's registration (no form number) with $385 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Connecticut to New Jersey

Does my Connecticut company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once a Connecticut business operates there; New Jersey registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

New Jersey calls it registration for Connecticut corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Connecticut corporation in New Jersey?

$299 at checkout plus $80 to Connecticut for the Certificate of Legal Existence, $379 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Connecticut's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants Connecticut's Certificate of Legal Existence ($80), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Connecticut and New Jersey?

$374 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Connecticut and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a Connecticut company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the Connecticut registered agent stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my Connecticut name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Connecticut name at home.

Can I form a new New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Connecticut keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Connecticut's Annual Report.

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