Indiana Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

New Hampshire registers a corporation from Indiana as a foreign corporation on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your Indiana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Indiana and New Hampshire each ask for

	Indiana formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$15	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	Last day of the corporation's anniversary month, every 2 years	April 1
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Indiana to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Indiana name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Indiana certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Indiana corporation is registered with New Hampshire.

Your Indiana name and New Hampshire's rules

We search New Hampshire's records for Indiana's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Hampshire agent and the Indiana one

Indiana and New Hampshire both call it a registered agent. New Hampshire papers come to us; Indiana's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Indiana and New Hampshire

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); New Hampshire wants the Annual Report every year ($100). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Indiana files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Indiana to New Hampshire

Does my Indiana company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register an Indiana corporation in New Hampshire?

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

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and New Hampshire?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and New Hampshire's report ($100).

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

An Indiana company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Indiana 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 Indiana's filings.

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