Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in South Dakota

To do business in South Dakota, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants 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 South Dakota each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$750 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	nj.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	By the first day of the registration anniversary month each year
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From New Jersey to South Dakota, step by step

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($25) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the New Jersey certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota registered agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date and the certificate attached. The New Jersey certificate comes first; then the South Dakota filing goes in. Once South Dakota approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

First-year cost, New Jersey to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$25
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$974

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your New Jersey name and South Dakota's rules

If another South Dakota company uses the New Jersey name, an alternate name is allowed. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: South Dakota and New Jersey

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

Yearly filings: South Dakota and New Jersey

New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75); South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to South Dakota

An LLC formed in New Jersey files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). See the LLC filing.

The other way: South Dakota into New Jersey

A corporation formed in South 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/Existence ($20). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to South Dakota

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

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; South Dakota law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$949 at checkout plus $25 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $974 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

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

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

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once New Jersey's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

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

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Jersey's report ($75) and South Dakota's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with South Dakota?

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

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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 South Dakota corporation instead?

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

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