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Foreign registration · Form 150

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers a corporation from Minnesota as a foreign corporation on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Minnesota records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Minnesota and Rhode Island side by side

	Minnesota formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$5	$319 at order (filing fee $310 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 Rhode Island
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.mn.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	December 31	May 1
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Minnesota companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Minnesota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from Minnesota separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the Minnesota 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 Minnesota name and formation date and the certificate attached. Minnesota issues the certificate instantly, so the Rhode Island filing can go in the same day. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Rhode Island costs for Minnesota companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Minnesota	$5
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Minnesota certificate included	$523

Will your Minnesota name work for Rhode Island?

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

Your Rhode Island agent and the Minnesota one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Minnesota says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Minnesota; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Minnesota

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Minnesota plus Rhode Island comes to $199 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Minnesota files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Minnesota

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

Common questions: Minnesota to Rhode Island

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Rhode Island?

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

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

$518 at checkout plus $5 to Minnesota for the Certificate of Good Standing, $523 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($5), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Rhode Island?

$199 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Minnesota name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota 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 Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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