Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Illinois that wants to do business in Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of Illinois here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Illinois records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

What Illinois and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$25	$250 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	ilsos.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	September 30
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Illinois to Pennsylvania, step by step

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

Your Illinois name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your Illinois 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 Illinois's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Illinois one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Illinois

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Illinois plus Pennsylvania comes to $231 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Illinois files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Illinois company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once an Illinois 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 Illinois.

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Pennsylvania?

$231 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $75 to Illinois and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

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

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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