Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

South Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers a corporation from South Dakota as a foreign corporation on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of South Dakota here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your South Dakota records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

South Dakota and Pennsylvania side by side

	South Dakota formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	South Dakota Certificate of Good Standing/Existence (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$20	$250 at order
How it is handled	South Dakota: online	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	South Dakota Secretary of State	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sosenterprise.sd.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	By the first day of the registration anniversary month each year (form opens that day	June 30
Agent	Your South Dakota registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From South Dakota to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your South Dakota name and formation date. Nothing has to come from South Dakota first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the South Dakota company can do business there.

Will your South Dakota name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your South Dakota name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We search Pennsylvania's records for South Dakota's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the South Dakota one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and South Dakota

South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year; Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, South Dakota to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in South Dakota files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come South Dakota's Annual Report ($55) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in South Dakota

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that registers with South Dakota files South Dakota's registration (no form number) with $750 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40). See that filing.

Common questions: South Dakota to Pennsylvania

Does my South Dakota company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay South Dakota.

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

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for South Dakota and Pennsylvania?

Our registered office renewal ($149 a year), South Dakota's report (fee set by the state) and Pennsylvania's report ($7).

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Dakota registered agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

Will Pennsylvania accept my South Dakota name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but South Dakota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps South Dakota's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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