Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

North Dakota registers a corporation from New Jersey as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What New Jersey and North Dakota each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$25	$145 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	nj.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	May 15
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with North Dakota

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your North Dakota registered agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the New Jersey certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your New Jersey corporation is registered with North Dakota.

Will your New Jersey name work for North Dakota?

North Dakota accepts your New Jersey name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We search North Dakota's records for New Jersey's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: North Dakota and New Jersey

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

Staying in good standing in New Jersey and North Dakota

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus North Dakota comes to $249 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to North Dakota

An LLC formed in New Jersey files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in New Jersey

A corporation formed in North Dakota that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($20). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to North Dakota

Does my New Jersey company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want New Jersey's Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and North Dakota?

$249 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will North Dakota accept my New Jersey name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

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

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