North Carolina Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

A corporation formed in North Carolina that wants to do business in North Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for North Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State using your North Carolina records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What North Carolina and North Dakota each ask for

	North Carolina formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	North Carolina Certificate of Existence	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$10	$145 at order
How it is handled	North Carolina: online as a downloadable electronic certified document, or on paper	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Business Registration Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	sosnc.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month following the close of the fiscal year	May 15
Agent	Your North Carolina registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

From North Carolina to North Dakota, step by step

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

Your North Carolina name and North Dakota's rules

North Dakota accepts your North Carolina name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We check your exact North Carolina name against North Dakota's records before filing.

Agents: North Dakota and North Carolina

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

Yearly filings: North Dakota and North Carolina

Each year your corporation files North Carolina's Annual Report ($25) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, North Carolina plus North Dakota comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, North Carolina to North Dakota

An LLC formed in North Carolina files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come North Carolina's Annual Report ($203) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

The other way: North Dakota into North Carolina

A corporation formed in North Dakota that registers with North Carolina files Form B-09 with $253 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions North Carolina owners ask about North Dakota

Does my North Carolina company need to register in North Dakota?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want North Carolina's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for North Carolina and North Dakota?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to North Carolina and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

A North Carolina company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will North Dakota accept my North Carolina 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 North Carolina keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps North Carolina's Annual Report.

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