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Foreign registration · Form 301

Rhode Island Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

Texas registers a corporation from Rhode Island as a foreign corporation on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State using your Rhode Island records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Rhode Island and Texas each ask for

	Rhode Island formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Rhode Island Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$22	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Rhode Island: online in about two business days, the same day in person, or in 5 to 7 business days by mail	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	sos.ri.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	May 1	May 15 each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate takes a few days	Required expedite processing: typically 2 to 3 business days
Agent	Your Rhode Island resident agent	Our Texas registered agent

From Rhode Island to Texas, step by step

We prepare and file Form 301
It lists us as your Texas registered agent, next to your Rhode Island name and formation date. If Texas wants the Rhode Island certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the Rhode Island company can do business there.

Will your Rhode Island name work for Texas?

Texas accepts your Rhode Island name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Rhode Island company. We check your exact Rhode Island name against Texas's records before filing.

Agents: Texas and Rhode Island

Texas calls it a registered agent; Rhode Island says resident agent. Texas papers come to us; Rhode Island's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Texas and Rhode Island

Each year your corporation files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Rhode Island plus Texas comes to $199 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Rhode Island to Texas

An LLC formed in Rhode Island files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering a Texas company in Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Texas that registers with Rhode Island files Form 150 with $319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). See that filing.

Common questions: Rhode Island to Texas

Does my Rhode Island company need to register in Texas?

Yes, once a Rhode Island business operates there; Texas registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Texas calls it registration for Rhode Island corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Texas registration cost?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Rhode Island's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Rhode Island and Texas?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Rhode Island and nothing to Texas for the yearly reports.

Does Texas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Rhode Island resident agent stays, and ours covers Texas for year one.

Will Texas accept my Rhode Island name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Rhode Island name at home. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Rhode Island keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Rhode Island's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Rhode Island companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Rhode Island's filings.

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