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Foreign registration · Form 150

Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, a corporation formed in Texas registers there on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Texas records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Texas and Rhode Island each ask for

	Texas formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	$15	$319 at order (filing fee $310 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 Rhode Island
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	May 15 each year	May 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Texas companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the Texas certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It names us as your Rhode Island resident agent, with your Texas name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Texas delays the Rhode Island filing. After approval, your Texas corporation is registered with Rhode Island.

Rhode Island costs for Texas companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$533

Your Texas name and Rhode Island's rules

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Texas company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Texas

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Texas says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Texas; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Texas and Rhode Island

Each year your corporation files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Texas plus Rhode Island comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Texas files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15)). After that come Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into Texas

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

Questions Texas owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Texas company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Texas business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Rhode Island issues one to Texas corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Rhode Island registration cost?

$518 at checkout plus $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $533 in all (checkout is $319 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the Texas registered agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island accept my Texas name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Texas companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Texas's filings.

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