Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Kansas Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers a corporation from Kansas as a foreign corporation on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of Kansas here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Kansas records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

Kansas and Pennsylvania side by side

	Kansas formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Kansas Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$7.50	$250 at order
How it is handled	Kansas: online as a PDF in your Kansas business account	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sos.ks.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end	June 30
Agent	Your Kansas resident agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Kansas to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your Kansas name and formation date. No Kansas paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. After approval, your Kansas corporation is registered with Pennsylvania.

Will your Kansas name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Kansas 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 Kansas name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Kansas one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Kansas says resident agent. Pennsylvania papers come to us; Kansas's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Kansas

Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years; Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Kansas to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Kansas files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Kansas's Information Report ($90) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Kansas

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Kansas files Form FA with $115 in state fees; no Pennsylvania certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Kansas owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Kansas company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Kansas.

Do I need Kansas's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Kansas and Pennsylvania?

Our registered office renewal ($149 a year), Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years) and Pennsylvania's report ($7).

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the Kansas resident agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

Will Pennsylvania accept my Kansas 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 Kansas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Kansas's Business Entity Information Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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