Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Georgia LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers an LLC from Georgia as a foreign LLC on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of Georgia here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Georgia records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

What Georgia and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Georgia formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	April 1	September 30
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Georgia to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Georgia name and formation date. No Georgia paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Georgia company can do business there.

Will your Georgia name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Georgia 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 check your exact Georgia name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Agents: Pennsylvania and Georgia

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Georgia

Each year your LLC files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Georgia plus Pennsylvania comes to $216 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Georgia files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Georgia

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Georgia files Form CD 241 with $235 in state fees; no Pennsylvania certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Georgia to Pennsylvania

Does my Georgia company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

How much does it cost to register a Georgia LLC in Pennsylvania?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Georgia.

Do I need Georgia's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and Pennsylvania?

$216 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $60 to Georgia and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the Georgia registered agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

Will Pennsylvania accept my Georgia 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 Georgia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Georgia's Annual Registration.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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