Foreign registration · no form number

Georgia LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

South Dakota registers an LLC from Georgia as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Georgia's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Georgia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Georgia and South Dakota each ask for

	Georgia formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$750 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	April 1	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Online processing: immediately
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From Georgia to South Dakota, step by step

Order the Georgia certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Georgia separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Georgia certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your South Dakota registered agent, next to your Georgia name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Georgia issues the certificate instantly, so the South Dakota filing can go in the same day. After approval, your Georgia LLC is registered with South Dakota.

First-year cost, Georgia to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Existence, paid to Georgia	$10
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Georgia certificate included	$959

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Georgia name work for South Dakota?

South Dakota accepts your Georgia name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Georgia name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Georgia company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the Georgia one

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

Staying in good standing in Georgia and South Dakota

Each year your LLC files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Georgia plus South Dakota comes to $264 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Georgia files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in Georgia

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

Common questions: Georgia to South Dakota

Does my Georgia company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Georgia business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$949 at checkout plus $10 to Georgia for the Certificate of Existence, $959 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Georgia's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants Georgia's Certificate of Existence ($10), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately; Georgia's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and South Dakota?

$264 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Georgia and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota accept my Georgia name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Georgia name at home. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Georgia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps Georgia's Annual Registration.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

Georgia companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside Georgia's filings.

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