Foreign registration · Form 40

Florida Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Florida that wants to do business in New Hampshire files Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Florida's Certificate of Status ($8.75). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division using your Florida records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Florida and New Hampshire each ask for

	Florida formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Florida Certificate of Status	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$8.75	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Florida: online, emailed as a PDF once payment goes through	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	dos.fl.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $150, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	May 1	April 1
Late yearly filing	$400 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Florida registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Florida to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Florida name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Florida certificate, it is ordered first. Once New Hampshire approves it, the Florida company can do business there.

Your Florida name and New Hampshire's rules

We check your exact Florida name against New Hampshire's records before filing.

Your New Hampshire agent and the Florida one

Florida and New Hampshire both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Florida; ours takes New Hampshire's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and Florida

Each year your corporation files Florida's Annual Report ($150) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Florida plus New Hampshire comes to $399 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Florida to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Florida files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Florida's Annual Report ($138.75) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Florida

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that registers with Florida files Form CR2E007 with $70 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Florida owners ask about New Hampshire

Does my Florida company need to register in New Hampshire?

Yes, once a Florida business operates there; New Hampshire registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Hampshire issues one to Florida corporations once the form is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Florida corporation in New Hampshire?

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Florida's Certificate of Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Florida and New Hampshire?

$399 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Florida and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Florida company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

Yes: the Florida registered agent stays, and ours covers New Hampshire for year one.

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Florida keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Florida's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Florida companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Florida's filings.

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