Foreign registration · no form number

Kentucky Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

To do business in North Dakota, a corporation formed in Kentucky registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Kentucky's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Kentucky records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Kentucky and North Dakota each ask for

	Kentucky formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Kentucky Certificate of Existence	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$10	$145 at order
How it is handled	Kentucky: online as a printable certificate, or by mail or fax	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Kentucky Secretary of State, Division of Business Filings	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	web.sos.ky.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	On or before June 30	May 15
Agent	Your Kentucky registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How Kentucky companies register with North Dakota

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

Will your Kentucky name work for North Dakota?

North Dakota accepts your Kentucky name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We check your exact Kentucky name against North Dakota's records before filing.

Agents: North Dakota and Kentucky

Kentucky and North Dakota both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Kentucky; ours takes North Dakota's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Kentucky and North Dakota

Each year your corporation files Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Kentucky plus North Dakota comes to $189 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Kentucky to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Kentucky files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in Kentucky

A corporation formed in North Dakota that registers with Kentucky files Form FBE with $90 in state fees; no North Dakota certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Kentucky to North Dakota

Does my Kentucky company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Kentucky and North Dakota?

$189 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $15 to Kentucky and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will North Dakota accept my Kentucky 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 Kentucky keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Kentucky's Annual Report.

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