Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Delaware Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers a corporation from Delaware as a foreign corporation on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Delaware: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Delaware records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

What Delaware and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Delaware formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Delaware Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$50	$250 at order
How it is handled	Delaware: through the Division of Corporations request service, sent by first-class mail unless a FedEx or UPS account is supplied	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	corp.delaware.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Franchise Tax Report, $50, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	March 1	June 30
Agent	Your Delaware registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Delaware companies register with Pennsylvania

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Delaware name and formation date. No Delaware paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Delaware company can do business there.

Will your Delaware name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Delaware name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We check your exact Delaware name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Delaware one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Delaware says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Delaware; ours takes Pennsylvania's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Delaware

Each year your corporation files Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report ($50) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Delaware plus Pennsylvania comes to $206 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Delaware to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Delaware files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($400) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Delaware

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Delaware files Delaware's registration (no form number) with $245 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Delaware to Pennsylvania

Does my Delaware company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once a Delaware business operates there; Pennsylvania registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Pennsylvania calls it registration for Delaware corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Delaware corporation in Pennsylvania?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Delaware.

Do I need Delaware's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Delaware and Pennsylvania?

$206 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $50 to Delaware and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the Delaware registered agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

Will Pennsylvania accept my Delaware name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but Delaware keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Delaware companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Delaware's filings.

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