Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Kentucky Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Kentucky that wants to do business in Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of Kentucky here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Kentucky records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

What Kentucky and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Kentucky formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Kentucky Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 at order
How it is handled	Kentucky: online as a printable certificate, or by mail or fax	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Kentucky Secretary of State, Division of Business Filings	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	web.sos.ky.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	On or before June 30	June 30
Agent	Your Kentucky registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Kentucky companies register with Pennsylvania

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

Will your Kentucky name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Kentucky 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 search Pennsylvania's records for Kentucky's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Kentucky one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Kentucky says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Kentucky; ours takes Pennsylvania's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Kentucky

Each year your corporation files Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Kentucky plus Pennsylvania comes to $171 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Kentucky to Pennsylvania

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

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Kentucky

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

Common questions: Kentucky to Pennsylvania

Does my Kentucky company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Kentucky.

Do I need Kentucky's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Kentucky and Pennsylvania?

$171 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $15 to Kentucky and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

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

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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