Arizona

Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Arizona LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers an LLC from Arizona as a foreign LLC on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Arizona: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Arizona records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

What Arizona and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Arizona formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Arizona Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 at order
How it is handled	Arizona: online as a PDF through the Arizona Business Center, by mail or in person	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	ecorp.azcc.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due		September 30
Agent	Your Arizona statutory agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Arizona companies register with Pennsylvania

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Arizona name and formation date. No Arizona paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. After approval, your Arizona LLC is registered with Pennsylvania.

Your Arizona name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your Arizona name if it includes the term company, limited or limited liability company, an abbreviation of one of those terms, or words of like import used in the home state. We search Pennsylvania's records for Arizona's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Arizona one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Arizona says statutory agent. Pennsylvania papers come to us; Arizona's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Arizona

Arizona has no annual report for LLCs; Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Arizona to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Arizona files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into Arizona

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Arizona files Form L025 with $153.30 in state fees and a $35 required expedite, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Arizona to Pennsylvania

Does my Arizona company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once an Arizona business operates there; Pennsylvania law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Arizona.

Do I need Arizona's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Arizona and Pennsylvania?

Our registered office renewal ($149 a year), no Arizona yearly report and Pennsylvania's report ($7).

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

An Arizona company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the Arizona statutory agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

Will Pennsylvania accept my Arizona name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the term company, limited or limited liability company, an abbreviation of one of those terms, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania LLC instead?

Yes, but Arizona keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and Arizona has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Arizona companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Arizona's filings.

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