Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Nebraska

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that wants to do business in Nebraska files an online registration (no form number), with $110 in state fees. Nebraska also wants Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your agent for service of process there for year one.

What Pennsylvania and Nebraska each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Nebraska registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business (no form number)
State fee	$40	$110 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 Nebraska
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.nebraska.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Biennial Report, $52, every two years
Due	June 30	April 1 of each even-numbered year
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Nebraska agent for service of process

From Pennsylvania to Nebraska, step by step

Order the Pennsylvania certificate
The Subsistence Certificate ($40) is ordered from Pennsylvania separately; it is not part of our Nebraska order. Nebraska wants the Pennsylvania certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Nebraska agent for service of process, with your Pennsylvania name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once Pennsylvania's certificate is in hand, Nebraska's filing goes in. After approval, your Pennsylvania corporation is registered with Nebraska.

First-year cost, Pennsylvania to Nebraska

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$110
Subsistence Certificate, paid to Pennsylvania	$40
Our service, with a year of Nebraska agent for service of process service	$199
First-year total, Pennsylvania certificate included	$349

Your Pennsylvania name and Nebraska's rules

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

Agents: Nebraska and Pennsylvania

Nebraska calls it an agent for service of process; Pennsylvania says registered office. Your current registered office stays for Pennsylvania; ours takes Nebraska's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Nebraska and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7); Nebraska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($52). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Nebraska

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Nebraska ($110 in state fees, the same, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40)). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Nebraska's Biennial Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Nebraska company in Pennsylvania

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

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Nebraska

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Nebraska?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Nebraska issues one to Pennsylvania corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the Nebraska registration cost?

$309 at checkout plus $40 to Pennsylvania for the Subsistence Certificate, $349 in all (checkout is $110 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Nebraska wants Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Nebraska?

Our agent for service of process renewal ($149 a year), Pennsylvania's report ($7) and Nebraska's report ($52, every two years).

What if I don't register with Nebraska?

A Pennsylvania company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Nebraska can add a penalty of $500 a day, up to $10,000 a year.

Does Nebraska require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Nebraska for year one.

Will Nebraska 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 Nebraska corporation instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Nebraska's Biennial Report ($26), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Nebraska later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal to Transact Business in the State of Nebraska; until then, Nebraska's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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