Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

A corporation formed in Minnesota that wants to do business in North Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Minnesota and North Dakota each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$5	$145 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 online with North Dakota
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	December 31	May 15
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

From Minnesota to North Dakota, step by step

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

Your Minnesota name and North Dakota's rules

North Dakota accepts your Minnesota name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We search North Dakota's records for Minnesota's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: North Dakota and Minnesota

Minnesota and North Dakota both call it a registered agent. North Dakota papers come to us; Minnesota's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: North Dakota and Minnesota

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus North Dakota comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Minnesota files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in Minnesota

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

Questions Minnesota owners ask about North Dakota

Does my Minnesota company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: North Dakota issues one to Minnesota corporations once the filing is approved.

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

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and North Dakota?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

Yes: the Minnesota registered agent stays, and ours covers North Dakota for year one.

Will North Dakota accept my Minnesota name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

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