Foreign registration · Form 40

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that wants to do business in New Hampshire files Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Pennsylvania and New Hampshire side by side

	Pennsylvania formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$40	$102 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 with New Hampshire
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	June 30	April 1
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our New Hampshire registered agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with New Hampshire

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Pennsylvania certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Pennsylvania corporation is registered with New Hampshire.

Will your Pennsylvania name work for New Hampshire?

We check your exact Pennsylvania name against New Hampshire's records before filing.

Agents: New Hampshire and Pennsylvania

New Hampshire calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Your current registered office stays for Pennsylvania; ours takes New Hampshire's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus New Hampshire comes to $256 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Pennsylvania

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

Common questions: Pennsylvania to New Hampshire

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Hampshire issues one to Pennsylvania corporations once the form is approved.

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

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and New Hampshire?

$256 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Pennsylvania company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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