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Foreign registration · Form SS-4431

Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in Tennessee

Tennessee registers a corporation from Texas as a foreign corporation on Form SS-4431, with $600 in state fees. Tennessee also wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations using your Texas records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Texas and Tennessee each ask for

	Texas formed here	Tennessee registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Form SS-4431, Application for Certificate of Authority For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$15	$600 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed with Tennessee
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	sos.tn.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	May 15 each year
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Tennessee registered agent

How Texas companies register with Tennessee

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our Tennessee order. Tennessee wants the Texas certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form SS-4431
It names us as your Tennessee registered agent, with your Texas name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Texas delays the Tennessee filing. After approval, your Texas corporation is registered with Tennessee.

First-year cost, Texas to Tennessee

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$600
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of Tennessee registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$814

Will your Texas name work for Tennessee?

Tennessee can hold a name for $20 before you file.

Your Tennessee agent and the Texas one

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

Yearly filings: Tennessee and Texas

Each year your corporation files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Tennessee's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Texas plus Tennessee comes to $169 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Tennessee

An LLC formed in Texas files Form SS-4233 with Tennessee ($300 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15)). After that come Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report and Tennessee's Annual Report ($300). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Tennessee into Texas

A corporation formed in Tennessee 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 Tennessee

Does my Texas company need to register in Tennessee?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Tennessee registration cost?

$799 at checkout plus $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $814 in all (checkout is $600 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Tennessee?

$169 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Texas and $20 to Tennessee for the yearly reports.

Does Tennessee require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Tennessee corporation instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Tennessee's Annual Report ($20), and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Tennessee later?

Texas companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal or Cancellation (Foreign Entity); until then, Tennessee's report stays due alongside Texas's filings.

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