Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, a corporation formed in New Hampshire registers there on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your New Hampshire records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What New Hampshire and Rhode Island each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$5	$319 at order (filing fee $310 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	April 1	May 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

From New Hampshire to Rhode Island, step by step

Order the New Hampshire certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from New Hampshire separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10). Rhode Island wants the New Hampshire certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It names us as your Rhode Island resident agent, with your New Hampshire name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once New Hampshire's certificate is in hand, Rhode Island's filing goes in. After approval, your New Hampshire corporation is registered with Rhode Island.

First-year cost, New Hampshire to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$523

Your New Hampshire name and Rhode Island's rules

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Hampshire company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the New Hampshire one

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

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and Rhode Island

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, New Hampshire plus Rhode Island comes to $299 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in New Hampshire

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

Questions New Hampshire owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a New Hampshire business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Rhode Island issues one to New Hampshire corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Rhode Island registration cost?

$518 at checkout plus $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $523 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($5), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Rhode Island?

$299 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

New Hampshire companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside New Hampshire's filings.

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