Delaware Foreign Corporation Qualification

Delaware corporation qualification at a glance

Filing

Qualification Certificate of a Foreign Corporation (no form number)

State fee

$245 filing fee

Total with us

$444, first year of Delaware registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Set by the state

Delaware yearly filing

Foreign Corporation Annual Report, $125, every year

Filed with

Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations

What the Delaware filing asks for

For the filing, Delaware needs:

• The exact name of your corporation as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Delaware registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

Corporation into Delaware, by home state

Every home state pays the same $444 at checkout for Delaware.

Delaware registered agent rule

Delaware requires every registered foreign corporation to keep a registered agent there. The agent's address must be a street address in Delaware, not a P.O. box. A resigning agent stays responsible for 30 days after filing the resignation. Our $199 includes the first year of Delaware registered agent service, then $149 a year.

Delaware yearly filings

Once registered, your corporation files the Delaware Annual Report every year, at $125, due June 30. The Delaware filing window opens January 1 and closes June 30. Filing it late adds $125. From year two, keeping the Delaware registration costs $274 a year with our registered agent service.

How long Delaware takes

We file it with the Delaware Department of State. Paid speed-ups: 24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving Delaware later

If your corporation stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation. Until that is filed, Delaware's yearly filing stays due.