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Nevada Corporation Foreign Registration in South Dakota

A corporation formed in Nevada that wants to do business in South Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Nevada records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Nevada and South Dakota each ask for

	Nevada formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$50	$750 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 South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent, fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	By the first day of the registration anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$175 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

How Nevada companies register with South Dakota

Order the Nevada certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($50) is ordered from Nevada separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Nevada certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota registered agent, with your Nevada name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Nevada certificate comes first; then the South Dakota filing goes in. Once South Dakota approves it, the Nevada company can do business there.

South Dakota costs for Nevada companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Existence, paid to Nevada	$50
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Nevada certificate included	$999

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Nevada name work for South Dakota?

If another South Dakota company uses the Nevada name, an alternate name is allowed. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: South Dakota and Nevada

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

Staying in good standing in Nevada and South Dakota

Nevada wants the Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent every year; South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to South Dakota

An LLC formed in Nevada files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($50)). After that come Nevada's periodic report ($350) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). See the LLC filing.

The other way: South Dakota into Nevada

A corporation formed in South 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 South Dakota

Does my Nevada company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Nevada business operates there; South Dakota law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $50 to Nevada for the Certificate of Existence, $999 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Nevada's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once Nevada's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and South Dakota?

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

What if I don't register with South Dakota?

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

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota accept my Nevada name?

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

Can I form a new South Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Nevada keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report, and the original keeps Nevada's yearly report.

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