Texas

Foreign registration · Form 40

Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

To do business in New Hampshire, a corporation formed in Texas registers there on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division using your Texas records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Texas and New Hampshire side by side

	Texas formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$15	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Texas Secretary of State	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	May 15 each year	April 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Texas to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It names us as your New Hampshire registered agent, with your Texas name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Texas certificate, it is ordered first. Once New Hampshire approves it, the Texas company can do business there.

Will your Texas name work for New Hampshire?

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

Your New Hampshire agent and the Texas one

Texas and New Hampshire both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Texas; ours takes New Hampshire's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and Texas

Each year your corporation files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Texas plus New Hampshire comes to $249 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to New Hampshire

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

Registering a New Hampshire company in Texas

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that registers with Texas files Form 301 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Common questions: Texas to New Hampshire

Does my Texas company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and New Hampshire?

$249 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Texas and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

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

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

Yes: the Texas registered agent stays, and ours covers New Hampshire for year one.

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Texas 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 Texas's filings.

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