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Foreign registration · Form 450

Indiana LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers an LLC from Indiana as a foreign LLC on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Indiana records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Indiana and Rhode Island each ask for

	Indiana formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$15	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years	May 1
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Indiana companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Indiana certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($15) is ordered from Indiana separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island counts 60 days from the day Indiana 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 Indiana name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Indiana certificate comes first; then the Rhode Island filing goes in. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Indiana company can do business there.

First-year cost, Indiana to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Existence, paid to Indiana	$15
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Indiana certificate included	$370

Will your Indiana name work for Rhode Island?

If another Rhode Island company uses the Indiana 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 Indiana one

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

Staying in good standing in Indiana and Rhode Island

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); Rhode Island wants the Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) every year ($50). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Indiana files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($15)). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into Indiana

An LLC formed in Rhode Island that registers with Indiana files State Form 56369 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Indiana owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Indiana company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once an Indiana 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 $15 to Indiana for the Certificate of Existence, $370 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Rhode Island?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Rhode Island's report ($50).

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Indiana name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Indiana 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 Indiana's Business Entity Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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