Foreign registration · no form number

Georgia Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

North Dakota registers a corporation from Georgia as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Georgia's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Georgia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Georgia and North Dakota each ask for

	Georgia formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$10	$145 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	April 1	May 15
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$20 late fee
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How Georgia companies register with North Dakota

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your North Dakota registered agent, with your Georgia name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the Georgia certificate, it is ordered first. Once North Dakota approves it, the Georgia company can do business there.

Will your Georgia name work for North Dakota?

North Dakota accepts your Georgia name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We search North Dakota's records for Georgia's name on file before anything is filed.

Your North Dakota agent and the Georgia one

Georgia and North Dakota both call it a registered agent. North Dakota papers come to us; Georgia's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: North Dakota and Georgia

Each year your corporation files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Georgia plus North Dakota comes to $234 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Georgia files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Georgia to North Dakota

Does my Georgia company need to register in North Dakota?

Yes, once a Georgia business operates there; North Dakota registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: North Dakota issues one to Georgia corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Georgia corporation in North Dakota?

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Georgia's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and North Dakota?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Georgia and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

Yes: the Georgia registered agent stays, and ours covers North Dakota for year one.

Will North Dakota accept my Georgia name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Georgia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Georgia's Annual Registration.

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