Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

Michigan Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers a corporation from Michigan as a foreign corporation on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Michigan's Certificate of Good Standing ($10). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Michigan records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Michigan vs Rhode Island: the paperwork

	Michigan formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$10	$319 at order (filing fee $310 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	michigan.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500, $25, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	May 15	May 1
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Michigan companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Michigan certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($10) is ordered from Michigan separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the Michigan 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 Michigan name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Michigan certificate comes first; then the Rhode Island filing goes in. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Michigan company can do business there.

Rhode Island costs for Michigan companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Michigan	$10
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Michigan certificate included	$528

Your Michigan name and Rhode Island's rules

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

Your Rhode Island agent and the Michigan one

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

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Michigan

Each year your corporation files Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Michigan plus Rhode Island comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Michigan to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Michigan files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10)). After that come Michigan's Annual Statement ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into Michigan

A corporation formed in Rhode Island that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 560 with $60 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Michigan owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Michigan company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Michigan 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 Michigan corporations once the form is approved.

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

$518 at checkout plus $10 to Michigan for the Certificate of Good Standing, $528 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($10), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Rhode Island?

$224 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $25 to Michigan and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Michigan name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Michigan 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 Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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