Foreign registration · Form CR2E007

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Florida

To do business in Florida, a corporation formed in New Hampshire registers there on Form CR2E007, with $70 in state fees. Florida may ask for New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section using your New Hampshire records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Hampshire and Florida each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	Florida registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Form CR2E007, Application by Foreign Corporation for Authorization to Transact Business in Florida
State fee	$5	$70 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed with Florida
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	form.sunbiz.org
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report, $150, every year
Due	April 1	May 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$400 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Florida registered agent

From New Hampshire to Florida, step by step

We prepare and file Form CR2E007
It lists us as your Florida registered agent, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date. If Florida wants the New Hampshire certificate, it is ordered first. Once Florida approves it, the New Hampshire company can do business there.

Will your New Hampshire name work for Florida?

If Florida's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Hampshire company. Florida can hold a name for $35 before you file.

Agents: Florida and New Hampshire

New Hampshire and Florida both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Hampshire; ours takes Florida's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Florida and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Florida's Annual Report ($150). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus Florida comes to $399 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Florida

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files Form CR2E027 with Florida ($125 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Florida's Annual Report ($138.75). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Florida company in New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Florida that registers with New Hampshire files Form 40 with $102 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: New Hampshire to Florida

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Florida?

Yes, once a New Hampshire business operates there; Florida law lists 13 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Florida calls it registration for New Hampshire corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a New Hampshire corporation in Florida?

$269 at checkout; Florida may also want New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Florida?

$399 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $150 to Florida for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Florida?

Florida can charge a New Hampshire company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $500.

Does Florida require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Hampshire registered agent stays, and ours covers Florida for year one, with a street address there.

Will Florida accept my New Hampshire name?

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

Can I form a new Florida corporation instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Florida's Annual Report ($150), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

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