Foreign registration · Form 635_0110A

Virginia Corporation Foreign Registration in Iowa

To do business in Iowa, a corporation formed in Virginia registers there on Form 635_0110A, with $100 in state fees. Iowa may ask for Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing ($6). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Virginia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Virginia and Iowa each ask for

	Virginia formed here	Iowa registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Good Standing	Form 635_0110A, Registration Statement, Foreign Profit Corporation
State fee	$6	$100 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed with Iowa
Paid expedite		5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	sos.iowa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Biennial Report, $60, every two years
Due		April 1 of even-numbered years
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Iowa registered agent

From Virginia to Iowa, step by step

We prepare and file Form 635_0110A
It lists us as your Iowa registered agent, next to your Virginia name and formation date. If Iowa wants the Virginia certificate, it is ordered first. Once Iowa approves it, the Virginia company can do business there.

Your Virginia name and Iowa's rules

If Iowa's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Virginia company. We search Iowa's records for Virginia's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Iowa agent and the Virginia one

Virginia and Iowa both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Virginia; ours takes Iowa's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Iowa and Virginia

Virginia wants the Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee every year ($50); Iowa wants the Biennial Report every two years ($60). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Iowa

An LLC formed in Virginia files Form 635_0010 with Iowa ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6)). After that come Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Iowa's Biennial Report ($30). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Virginia to Iowa

Does my Virginia company need to register in Iowa?

Yes, once a Virginia business operates there; Iowa registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Iowa calls it registration for Virginia corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Iowa registration cost?

$299 at checkout; Iowa may also want Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Iowa?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Virginia's report ($50) and Iowa's report ($60, every two years).

Does Iowa require a registered agent?

Yes: the Virginia registered agent stays, and ours covers Iowa for year one.

Will Iowa accept my Virginia name?

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

Can I form a new Iowa corporation instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Iowa's Biennial Report ($60), and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from Iowa later?

Virginia companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal; until then, Iowa's report stays due alongside Virginia's filings.

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