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Foreign registration · Form 301

Idaho Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

Texas registers a corporation from Idaho as a foreign corporation on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State from your Idaho records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Idaho and Texas side by side

	Idaho formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$10	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	May 15 each year
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

From Idaho to Texas, step by step

We prepare and file Form 301
It lists us as your Texas registered agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date. If Texas wants the Idaho certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

Your Idaho name and Texas's rules

Texas accepts your Idaho name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If another Texas company uses the Idaho name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Texas's records for Idaho's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Texas agent and the Idaho one

Idaho and Texas both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Idaho; ours takes Texas's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Idaho and Texas

Each year your corporation files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Texas comes to $149 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Texas

An LLC formed in Idaho files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering a Texas company in Idaho

A corporation formed in Texas that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Texas

Does my Idaho company need to register in Texas?

Yes, once an Idaho business operates there; Texas registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Texas calls it registration for Idaho corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register an Idaho corporation in Texas?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Idaho's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Idaho's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Texas?

$149 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and nothing to Texas for the yearly reports.

Does Texas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Idaho registered agent stays, and ours covers Texas for year one.

Will Texas accept my Idaho name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Idaho name at home. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Idaho companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

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