Foreign registration · Form 635_0110A

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Iowa

Iowa registers a corporation from New Jersey as a foreign corporation on Form 635_0110A, with $100 in state fees. Iowa may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

New Jersey and Iowa side by side

	New Jersey formed here	Iowa registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form 635_0110A, Registration Statement, Foreign Profit Corporation
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Iowa
Paid expedite		5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	nj.gov	sos.iowa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Biennial Report, $60, every two years
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	April 1 of even-numbered years
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Iowa registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Iowa

We prepare and file Form 635_0110A
It lists us as your Iowa registered agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date. If Iowa wants the New Jersey certificate, it is ordered first. Once Iowa approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Your New Jersey name and Iowa's rules

If another Iowa company uses the New Jersey name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Iowa's records for New Jersey's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Iowa agent and the New Jersey one

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

Yearly filings: Iowa and New Jersey

New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75); Iowa wants the Biennial Report every two years ($60). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Iowa

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form 635_0010 with Iowa ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Iowa's Biennial Report ($30). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Iowa company in New Jersey

A corporation formed in Iowa that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Iowa

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Iowa?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Iowa calls it registration for New Jersey corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a New Jersey corporation in Iowa?

$299 at checkout; Iowa may also want New Jersey's Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Iowa?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Jersey's report ($75) and Iowa's report ($60, every two years).

Does Iowa require a registered agent?

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

Will Iowa 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 Iowa corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Iowa's Biennial Report ($60), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Iowa later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal; until then, Iowa's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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