Foreign registration · no form number

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

North Dakota registers a corporation from Wyoming as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Wyoming records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Wyoming and North Dakota side by side

	Wyoming formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$145 at order
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	May 15
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

How Wyoming companies register with North Dakota

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your North Dakota registered agent, next to your Wyoming name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the Wyoming certificate, it is ordered first. Once North Dakota approves it, the Wyoming company can do business there.

Will your Wyoming name work for North Dakota?

North Dakota accepts your Wyoming name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We check your exact Wyoming name against North Dakota's records before filing.

Your North Dakota agent and the Wyoming one

Wyoming and North Dakota both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Wyoming; ours takes North Dakota's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: North Dakota and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wyoming plus North Dakota comes to $234 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Wyoming files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in Wyoming

A corporation formed in North Dakota that registers with Wyoming files Wyoming's registration (no form number) with $150 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Wyoming owners ask about North Dakota

Does my Wyoming company need to register in North Dakota?

Yes, once a Wyoming business operates there; North Dakota registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: North Dakota issues one to Wyoming corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Wyoming corporation in North Dakota?

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and North Dakota?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Wyoming and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

Yes: the Wyoming registered agent stays, and ours covers North Dakota for year one.

Will North Dakota accept my Wyoming name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Wyoming keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Wyoming's Annual Report.

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