Foreign registration · Form CR2E007

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Florida

To do business in Florida, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on Form CR2E007, with $70 in state fees. Florida may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What New Jersey and Florida each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Florida registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form CR2E007, Application by Foreign Corporation for Authorization to Transact Business in Florida
State fee	$25	$70 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Florida
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section
Official page	nj.gov	form.sunbiz.org
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $150, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	May 1
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Florida registered agent

From New Jersey to Florida, step by step

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

Your New Jersey name and Florida's rules

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

Agents: Florida and New Jersey

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

Yearly filings: Florida and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Florida's Annual Report ($150). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Florida comes to $374 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Florida

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form CR2E027 with Florida ($125 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Florida's Annual Report ($138.75). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Florida into New Jersey

A corporation formed in Florida that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($8.75). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Florida

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Florida?

Yes, once a New Jersey 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 Jersey corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Florida registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Florida?

$374 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $150 to Florida for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Florida?

Florida can charge a New Jersey 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 Jersey registered agent stays, and ours covers Florida for year one, with a street address there.

Will Florida accept my New Jersey name?

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

Can I form a new Florida corporation instead?

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

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