Minnesota

Foreign registration · Form 40

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

New Hampshire registers a corporation from Minnesota as a foreign corporation on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Minnesota vs New Hampshire: the paperwork

	Minnesota formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$5	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
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 New Hampshire
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	December 31	April 1
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Minnesota to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It names us as your New Hampshire registered agent, with your Minnesota name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Minnesota certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Minnesota corporation is registered with New Hampshire.

Your Minnesota name and New Hampshire's rules

We search New Hampshire's records for Minnesota's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: New Hampshire and Minnesota

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

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus New Hampshire comes to $249 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Minnesota files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Hampshire into Minnesota

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

Common questions: Minnesota to New Hampshire

Does my Minnesota company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Hampshire issues one to Minnesota corporations once the form is approved.

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

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and New Hampshire?

$249 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Minnesota company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

Yes: the Minnesota registered agent stays, and ours covers New Hampshire for year one.

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Minnesota's filings.

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