New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in New Mexico

New Mexico registers a corporation from New Jersey as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. New Mexico may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Jersey and New Mexico each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	New Mexico registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Foreign Profit Corporation - Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$200 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with New Mexico
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	nj.gov	sos.nm.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Biennial Corporate Report, $25, every two years
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	April 15 for calendar-year filers, every 2 years
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our New Mexico registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with New Mexico

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

Your New Jersey name and New Mexico's rules

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

Your New Mexico agent and the New Jersey one

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

Yearly filings: New Mexico and New Jersey

New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75); New Mexico wants the Biennial Corporate Report every two years ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to New Mexico

An LLC formed in New Jersey files its own registration with New Mexico ($100 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Mexico company in New Jersey

A corporation formed in New Mexico that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance ($50). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to New Mexico

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

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Mexico issues one to New Jersey corporations once the filing is approved.

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

$399 at checkout; New Mexico may also want New Jersey's Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

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

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Jersey's report ($75) and New Mexico's report ($25, every two years).

Does New Mexico require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Mexico corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

What does a New Mexico company file to register in New Jersey?

It files New Jersey's registration with $100 in state fees, plus New Mexico's good standing certificate.

How do I get a New Jersey certificate of good standing?

New Jersey issues the Standing Certificate online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person ($25).

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