Tennessee

Foreign registration · Form SS-4233

Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Tennessee

Tennessee registers an LLC from Idaho as a foreign LLC on Form SS-4233, with $300 in state fees. Tennessee also wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations using your Idaho records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Idaho and Tennessee side by side

	Idaho formed here	Tennessee registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Form SS-4233, Application for Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$10	$300 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed with Tennessee
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	sos.tn.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $300, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Tennessee registered agent

How Idaho companies register with Tennessee

Order the Idaho certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Idaho separately; it is not part of our Tennessee order. Tennessee counts 60 days from the day Idaho issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form SS-4233
It names us as your Tennessee registered agent, with your Idaho name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Idaho certificate comes first; then the Tennessee filing goes in. Once Tennessee approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

First-year cost, Idaho to Tennessee

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$300
Certificate of Existence, paid to Idaho	$10
Our service, with a year of Tennessee registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Idaho certificate included	$509

Will your Idaho name work for Tennessee?

Tennessee can hold a name for $20 before you file.

Your Tennessee agent and the Idaho one

Idaho and Tennessee both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Idaho; ours takes Tennessee's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Idaho and Tennessee

Each year your LLC files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Tennessee's Annual Report ($300). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Tennessee comes to $449 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Tennessee

A corporation formed in Idaho files Form SS-4431 with Tennessee ($600 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Tennessee's Annual Report ($20). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Tennessee company in Idaho

An LLC formed in Tennessee that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($20) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Tennessee

Does my Idaho company need to register in Tennessee?

Yes, once an Idaho business operates there; Tennessee law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register an Idaho LLC in Tennessee?

$499 at checkout plus $10 to Idaho for the Certificate of Existence, $509 in all (checkout is $300 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Tennessee?

$449 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $300 to Tennessee for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Tennessee?

An Idaho company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Tennessee can add a fine of at least $900.

Does Tennessee require a registered agent?

Yes: the Idaho registered agent stays, and ours covers Tennessee for year one.

Can I form a new Tennessee LLC instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Tennessee's Annual Report ($300), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Tennessee later?

Idaho companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal or Cancellation (Foreign Entity) ($20); until then, Tennessee's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

Official sources

People also search

LLC into Tennessee, by home state (48)

Idaho into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation