Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, an LLC formed in Idaho registers there on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Idaho records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Idaho and Rhode Island each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$10	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	May 1
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Idaho companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Idaho certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Idaho separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island counts 60 days from the day Idaho issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Idaho's certificate is in hand, Rhode Island's filing goes in. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

Rhode Island costs for Idaho companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Existence, paid to Idaho	$10
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Idaho certificate included	$365

Your Idaho name and Rhode Island's rules

If another Rhode Island company uses the Idaho name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the Idaho one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Idaho says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Idaho; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Idaho and Rhode Island

Each year your LLC files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Idaho plus Rhode Island comes to $199 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Idaho files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Idaho

An LLC formed in Rhode Island that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Rhode Island

Does my Idaho company need to register in Rhode Island?

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

How much does the Rhode Island registration cost?

$355 at checkout plus $10 to Idaho for the Certificate of Existence, $365 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Rhode Island?

$199 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the Idaho registered agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island accept my Idaho name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Idaho companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

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