Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

New Jersey registers a corporation from Massachusetts as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($12). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury using your Massachusetts records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Massachusetts and New Jersey each ask for

	Massachusetts formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$12	$100 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $125, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	Within 2.5 months after the close of the corporation's fiscal year	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

From Massachusetts to New Jersey, step by step

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($12) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. It comes as a short form ($7) or a long form ($12). New Jersey wants the Massachusetts certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Jersey registered agent, next to your Massachusetts name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand, New Jersey's filing goes in. After approval, your Massachusetts corporation is registered with New Jersey.

New Jersey costs for Massachusetts companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Massachusetts	$12
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Massachusetts certificate included	$311

Your Massachusetts name and New Jersey's rules

If New Jersey's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Massachusetts company. We search New Jersey's records for Massachusetts's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Massachusetts one

New Jersey calls it a registered agent; Massachusetts says resident agent. New Jersey papers come to us; Massachusetts's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Massachusetts and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus New Jersey comes to $349 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Massachusetts to New Jersey

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once a Massachusetts business operates there; New Jersey registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

New Jersey calls it registration for Massachusetts corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the New Jersey registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $12 to Massachusetts for the Certificate of Good Standing, $311 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants it ($12), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and New Jersey?

$349 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $125 to Massachusetts and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a Massachusetts company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my Massachusetts name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Massachusetts name at home.

Can I form a new New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Annual Report.

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