Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers an LLC from Illinois as a foreign LLC on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Illinois records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Illinois vs Rhode Island: the paperwork

	Illinois formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$25	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	ilsos.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	May 1
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Illinois companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Ordered from Illinois on filing day, it easily meets Rhode Island's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Illinois name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Illinois issues the certificate instantly, so the Rhode Island filing can go in the same day. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

First-year cost, Illinois to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Illinois	$25
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Illinois certificate included	$380

Your Illinois name and Rhode Island's rules

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Illinois company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Illinois

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Illinois says registered agent. Rhode Island papers come to us; Illinois's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Illinois and Rhode Island

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Illinois plus Rhode Island comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Illinois files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Illinois company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once an Illinois 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 $25 to Illinois for the Certificate of Good Standing, $380 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Rhode Island?

$274 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Illinois name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Illinois 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 Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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