Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

Massachusetts Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, a corporation formed in Massachusetts registers there on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($12). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Massachusetts records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Massachusetts and Rhode Island side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$12	$319 at order (filing fee $310 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $125, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	Within 2.5 months after the close of the corporation's fiscal year	May 1
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

From Massachusetts to Rhode Island, step by step

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($12) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. It comes as a short form ($7) or a long form ($12). Rhode Island wants the Massachusetts certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It names us as your Rhode Island resident agent, with your Massachusetts name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Massachusetts certificate comes first; then the Rhode Island filing goes in. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Massachusetts company can do business there.

First-year cost, Massachusetts to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Massachusetts	$12
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Massachusetts certificate included	$530

Your Massachusetts name and Rhode Island's rules

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Massachusetts company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Massachusetts and Rhode Island both call it a resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Massachusetts; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Each year your corporation files Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Rhode Island comes to $324 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Massachusetts files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Massachusetts business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Rhode Island issues one to Massachusetts corporations once the form is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Massachusetts corporation in Rhode Island?

$518 at checkout plus $12 to Massachusetts for the Certificate of Good Standing, $530 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($12), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Rhode Island?

$324 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $125 to Massachusetts and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Massachusetts companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Massachusetts's filings.

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