Foreign registration · Form 40

Missouri Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Missouri that wants to do business in New Hampshire files Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your Missouri records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Missouri and New Hampshire each ask for

	Missouri formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$10	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	sos.mo.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Corporate Registration Report, $15, every two years	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	Last day of the corporation's anniversary month	April 1
Late yearly filing	$15 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Missouri to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Missouri name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Missouri certificate, it is ordered first. Once New Hampshire approves it, the Missouri company can do business there.

Your Missouri name and New Hampshire's rules

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

Agents: New Hampshire and Missouri

Missouri and New Hampshire both call it a registered agent. New Hampshire papers come to us; Missouri's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and Missouri

Missouri wants the Corporate Registration Report every two years ($15); New Hampshire wants the Annual Report every year ($100). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Missouri files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Missouri

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that registers with Missouri files Form Corp 42 with $155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Missouri to New Hampshire

Does my Missouri company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the New Hampshire registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and New Hampshire?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Missouri's report ($15, every two years) and New Hampshire's report ($100).

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

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

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Missouri 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 Missouri's filings.

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