Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

To do business in Idaho, a corporation formed in Pennsylvania registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Pennsylvania and Idaho side by side

	Pennsylvania formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$40	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	June 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Idaho registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Idaho, step by step

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

Your Pennsylvania name and Idaho's rules

If Idaho's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Pennsylvania company. We check your exact Pennsylvania name against Idaho's records before filing.

Your Idaho agent and the Pennsylvania one

Idaho calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Idaho papers come to us; Pennsylvania's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Idaho and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Idaho comes to $156 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Idaho

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40)). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Idaho company in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Idaho that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Idaho certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Idaho

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Idaho?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register a Pennsylvania corporation in Idaho?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, 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 Pennsylvania's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Idaho?

$156 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my Pennsylvania name?

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

Can I form a new Idaho corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

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

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