Foreign registration · no form number

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

To do business in New Jersey, a corporation formed in New Hampshire registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury using your New Hampshire records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Hampshire and New Jersey each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	April 1	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

How New Hampshire companies register with New Jersey

Order the New Hampshire certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from New Hampshire separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10). New Jersey wants the New Hampshire certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Jersey registered agent, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The New Hampshire certificate comes first; then the New Jersey filing goes in. After approval, your New Hampshire corporation is registered with New Jersey.

First-year cost, New Hampshire to New Jersey

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$304

Will your New Hampshire name work for New Jersey?

If another New Jersey company uses the New Hampshire name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact New Hampshire name against New Jersey's records before filing.

Your New Jersey agent and the New Hampshire one

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

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus New Jersey comes to $324 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to New Jersey

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Jersey into New Hampshire

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

Common questions: New Hampshire to New Jersey

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in New Jersey?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

New Jersey 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 New Jersey?

$299 at checkout plus $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $304 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need New Hampshire's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants it ($5), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and New Jersey?

$324 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a New Hampshire company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

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

Will New Jersey 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 New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

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