Ohio Foreign Corporation Registration: Form 530A

Ohio corporation registration at a glance

Filing

Form 530A, Foreign For-Profit Corporation Application for License

State fee

$99 filing fee

Total with us

$298, first year of Ohio statutory agent service included

Standard processing

3 to 7 business days

Home-state certificate

Set by the state

Ohio yearly filing

None for foreign corporations

Filed with

Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services

What Form 530A asks for

For Form 530A, Ohio needs:

• The exact name of your corporation as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Ohio statutory agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

Corporation into Ohio, by home state

Every home state pays the same $298 at checkout for Ohio.

If you do business in Ohio without registering

Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. Ohio penalties for unregistered business: a civil penalty of up to $10,000 and a fine of at least $250.

Ohio statutory agent rule

Ohio requires every registered foreign corporation to keep a statutory agent there. The agent's address must be a street address in Ohio, not a P.O. box. A resigning agent stays responsible for 30 days after filing the resignation. Our $199 includes the first year of Ohio statutory agent service, then $149 a year.

Ohio yearly filings

Ohio has no annual report for foreign corporations.

How long Ohio takes

We file Form 530A with the Ohio Secretary of State. Ohio standard processing: 3 to 7 business days. Paid speed-ups: 2-business-day $100, 1-business-day $200; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving Ohio later

If your corporation stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Certificate of Surrender of Foreign Licensed Corporation. Until then, the Ohio registration and statutory agent stay in place.