South Carolina

Foreign registration · no form number

South Carolina Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

New Jersey registers a corporation from South Carolina as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants South Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury from your South Carolina records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

South Carolina and New Jersey side by side

	South Carolina formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	South Carolina Certificate of Existence	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	South Carolina: online	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	South Carolina Secretary of State	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	businessfilings.sc.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Schedule D of Form SC1120 / SC1120S), fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month after the close of the tax year	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your South Carolina agent for service of process	Our New Jersey registered agent

From South Carolina to New Jersey, step by step

Order the South Carolina certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from South Carolina separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. New Jersey wants the South Carolina certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Jersey registered agent, with your South Carolina name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once South Carolina's certificate is in hand, New Jersey's filing goes in. Once New Jersey approves it, the South Carolina company can do business there.

First-year cost, South Carolina to New Jersey

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Existence, paid to South Carolina	$10
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, South Carolina certificate included	$309

Will your South Carolina name work for New Jersey?

If New Jersey's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the South Carolina company. We search New Jersey's records for South Carolina's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the South Carolina one

New Jersey calls it a registered agent; South Carolina says agent for service of process. New Jersey papers come to us; South Carolina's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in South Carolina and New Jersey

South Carolina wants the Annual Report (Schedule D of Form SC1120 / SC1120S) every year; New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, South Carolina to New Jersey

An LLC formed in South Carolina files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Jersey into South Carolina

A corporation formed in New Jersey that registers with South Carolina files Form F0002 with $110 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($25). See that filing.

Questions South Carolina owners ask about New Jersey

Does my South Carolina company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once a South Carolina business operates there; New Jersey registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

New Jersey calls it registration for South Carolina corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the New Jersey registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $10 to South Carolina for the Certificate of Existence, $309 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need South Carolina's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants South Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for South Carolina and New Jersey?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), South Carolina's report (fee set by the state) and New Jersey's report ($75).

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a South Carolina company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Carolina agent for service of process stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my South Carolina name?

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

Can I form a new New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but South Carolina keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps South Carolina's yearly report.

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