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New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

To do business in North Dakota, a corporation formed in New Hampshire registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State from your New Hampshire records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What New Hampshire and North Dakota each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$5	$145 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	April 1	May 15
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$20 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

From New Hampshire to North Dakota, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your North Dakota registered agent, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the New Hampshire certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your New Hampshire corporation is registered with North Dakota.

Your New Hampshire name and North Dakota's rules

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

Agents: North Dakota and New Hampshire

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

Yearly filings: North Dakota and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus North Dakota comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to North Dakota

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

The other way: North Dakota into New Hampshire

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

Common questions: New Hampshire to North Dakota

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and North Dakota?

$274 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

A New Hampshire company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

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

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