Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your New Jersey records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What New Jersey and Rhode Island each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$25	$319 at order (filing fee $310 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 Rhode Island
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	nj.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	May 1
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

From New Jersey to Rhode Island, step by step

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($25) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the New Jersey certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It names us as your Rhode Island resident agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once New Jersey's certificate is in hand, Rhode Island's filing goes in. After approval, your New Jersey corporation is registered with Rhode Island.

First-year cost, New Jersey to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$25
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$543

Your New Jersey name and Rhode Island's rules

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Jersey company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the New Jersey one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; New Jersey says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Jersey; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in New Jersey and Rhode Island

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, New Jersey plus Rhode Island comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in New Jersey

A corporation formed in Rhode Island that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$518 at checkout plus $25 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $543 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: Rhode Island wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Rhode Island?

$274 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Jersey registered agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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