Foreign registration · Form 40

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

New Hampshire registers a corporation from New Jersey as a foreign corporation on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Jersey and New Hampshire side by side

	New Jersey formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$25	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	nj.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	April 1
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From New Jersey to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the New Jersey certificate, it is ordered first. Once New Hampshire approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Your New Jersey name and New Hampshire's rules

We search New Hampshire's records for New Jersey's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: New Hampshire and New Jersey

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

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus New Hampshire comes to $324 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in New Jersey

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

Common questions: New Jersey to New Hampshire

Does my New Jersey company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the New Hampshire registration cost?

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want New Jersey's Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and New Hampshire?

$324 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

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

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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