Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

To do business in Pennsylvania, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from New Jersey: no Standing Certificate. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your New Jersey records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

What New Jersey and Pennsylvania each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$25	$250 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	nj.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	June 30
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From New Jersey to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your New Jersey name and formation date. No New Jersey paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. After approval, your New Jersey corporation is registered with Pennsylvania.

Your New Jersey name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your New Jersey name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We check your exact New Jersey name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Agents: Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; New Jersey says registered agent. Pennsylvania papers come to us; New Jersey's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, New Jersey plus Pennsylvania comes to $231 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in New Jersey

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay New Jersey.

Do I need New Jersey's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Pennsylvania?

$231 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my New Jersey name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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