Minnesota

Foreign registration · no form number

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Delaware

Delaware registers a corporation from Minnesota as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $245 in state fees. Delaware may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Minnesota and Delaware side by side

	Minnesota formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Qualification Certificate of a Foreign Corporation (no form number)
State fee	$5	$245 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	sos.mn.gov	corp.delaware.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Foreign Corporation Annual Report, $125, every year
Due	December 31	June 30
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Delaware registered agent

From Minnesota to Delaware, step by step

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

Will your Minnesota name work for Delaware?

Delaware can hold a name for 120 days for $75 before you file.

Your Delaware agent and the Minnesota one

Minnesota and Delaware both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Minnesota; ours takes Delaware's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Delaware and Minnesota

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Delaware's Foreign Corporation Annual Report ($125). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Delaware comes to $274 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Delaware

An LLC formed in Minnesota files its own registration with Delaware ($200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Delaware company in Minnesota

A corporation formed in Delaware that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $220 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Delaware

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Delaware?

Yes, once a Minnesota business operates there; Delaware registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Delaware calls it qualification for Minnesota corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Minnesota corporation in Delaware?

$444 at checkout; Delaware may also want Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Delaware?

$274 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $125 to Delaware for the yearly reports.

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

Yes: the Minnesota registered agent stays, and ours covers Delaware for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Delaware corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report ($50), and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation; until then, Delaware's report stays due alongside Minnesota's filings.

What does a Delaware company file to register in Minnesota?

It files Minnesota's registration with $220 in state fees.

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