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Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in South Dakota

A corporation formed in Texas that wants to do business in South Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Texas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Texas and South Dakota each ask for

	Texas formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$750 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Texas Secretary of State	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	May 15 each year	By the first day of the registration anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Online processing: immediately
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

How Texas companies register with South Dakota

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Texas certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota registered agent, with your Texas name and formation date and the certificate attached. Texas issues the certificate instantly, so the South Dakota filing can go in the same day. Once South Dakota approves it, the Texas company can do business there.

First-year cost, Texas to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$964

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your Texas name and South Dakota's rules

If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Texas company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the Texas one

Texas and South Dakota both call it a registered agent. South Dakota papers come to us; Texas's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: South Dakota and Texas

Texas wants the Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report every year (no fee); South Dakota wants the Annual Report every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to South Dakota

An LLC formed in Texas files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15)). After that come Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). See the LLC filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in Texas

A corporation formed in South Dakota 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 South Dakota

Does my Texas company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Texas business operates there; South Dakota law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: South Dakota issues one to Texas corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $964 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

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

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately; Texas's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and South Dakota?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Texas's report (no fee) and South Dakota's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with South Dakota?

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

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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 South Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report, and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

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