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Foreign registration · Form 301

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in Minnesota registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Minnesota and Texas each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$5	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 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 Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	December 31	May 15 each year
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: typically 2 to 3 business days
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Texas

We prepare and file Form 301
It lists us as your Texas registered agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date. If Texas wants the Minnesota certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Your Minnesota name and Texas's rules

Texas accepts your Minnesota name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Minnesota company. We check your exact Minnesota name against Texas's records before filing.

Agents: Texas and Minnesota

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

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and Texas

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

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Texas

An LLC formed in Minnesota files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

The other way: Texas into Minnesota

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

Common questions: Minnesota to Texas

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Texas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Texas calls it registration for Minnesota corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

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

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Minnesota's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Texas?

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

Does Texas require a registered agent?

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

Will Texas 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. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Minnesota's filings.

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