Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that wants to do business in Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of New Hampshire here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your New Hampshire records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

What New Hampshire and Pennsylvania each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$5	$250 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	April 1	June 30
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From New Hampshire to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date. Nothing has to come from New Hampshire first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the New Hampshire company can do business there.

Your New Hampshire name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your New Hampshire name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We check your exact New Hampshire name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Agents: Pennsylvania and New Hampshire

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; New Hampshire says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Hampshire; ours takes Pennsylvania's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, New Hampshire plus Pennsylvania comes to $256 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in New Hampshire

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

Common questions: New Hampshire to Pennsylvania

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay New Hampshire.

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

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Pennsylvania?

$256 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my New Hampshire name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

New Hampshire companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside New Hampshire's filings.

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