Texas

Foreign registration · Form 301

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Jersey vs Texas: the paperwork

	New Jersey formed here	Texas registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$25	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 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 Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	nj.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	May 15 each year
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Texas

We prepare and file Form 301
It lists us as your Texas registered agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date. If Texas wants the New Jersey certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Your New Jersey name and Texas's rules

Texas accepts your New Jersey name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Jersey company. We check your exact New Jersey name against Texas's records before filing.

Agents: Texas and New Jersey

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

Staying in good standing in New Jersey and Texas

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Texas comes to $224 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Texas

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering a Texas company in New Jersey

A corporation formed in Texas that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Texas

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Texas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Texas registration cost?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want New Jersey's Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for New Jersey's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Texas?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and nothing to Texas for the yearly reports.

Does Texas require a registered agent?

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

Will Texas 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. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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