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North Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

To do business in Idaho, a corporation formed in North Dakota registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for North Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your North Dakota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

North Dakota and Idaho side by side

	North Dakota formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	North Dakota Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$20	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	North Dakota: online	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	North Dakota Secretary of State	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	firststop.sos.nd.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	August 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your North Dakota registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

From North Dakota to Idaho, step by step

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

Your North Dakota name and Idaho's rules

If another Idaho company uses the North Dakota name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Idaho's records for North Dakota's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Idaho agent and the North Dakota one

North Dakota and Idaho both call it a registered agent. Idaho papers come to us; North Dakota's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Idaho and North Dakota

Each year your corporation files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, North Dakota plus Idaho comes to $174 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, North Dakota to Idaho

An LLC formed in North Dakota files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($20)). After that come North Dakota's Annual Report ($50) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Idaho company in North Dakota

A corporation formed in Idaho that registers with North Dakota files North Dakota's registration (no form number) with $145 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: North Dakota to Idaho

Does my North Dakota company need to register in Idaho?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Idaho calls it registration for North Dakota corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Idaho registration cost?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want North Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, plus time for North Dakota's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for North Dakota and Idaho?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to North Dakota and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the North Dakota registered agent stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my North Dakota name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its North Dakota name at home.

Can I form a new Idaho corporation instead?

Yes, but North Dakota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps North Dakota's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

North Dakota companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement; until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside North Dakota's filings.

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