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Nevada Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

A corporation formed in Nevada 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 Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Nevada records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Nevada and North Dakota each ask for

	Nevada formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$50	$145 at order
How it is handled	Nevada: online through SilverFlume, or by mail, with 1-hour, 2-hour and 24-hour expedite tiers	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent, fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	May 15
Late yearly filing	$175 late fee	$20 late fee
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How Nevada companies register with North Dakota

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your North Dakota registered agent, with your Nevada name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the Nevada certificate, it is ordered first. Once North Dakota approves it, the Nevada company can do business there.

Will your Nevada name work for North Dakota?

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

Your North Dakota agent and the Nevada one

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

Yearly filings: North Dakota and Nevada

Nevada wants the Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent every year; North Dakota wants the Annual Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Nevada files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($50)). After that come Nevada's periodic report ($350) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in Nevada

A corporation formed in North Dakota that registers with Nevada files Nevada's registration (no form number) with $425 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Nevada owners ask about North Dakota

Does my Nevada company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the North Dakota registration cost?

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Nevada's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and North Dakota?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Nevada's report (fee set by the state) and North Dakota's report ($25).

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will North Dakota accept my Nevada 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 Nevada keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Nevada's yearly report.

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