Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in New Jersey

To do business in New Jersey, an LLC formed in Massachusetts registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($25). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury from your Massachusetts records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Massachusetts and New Jersey each ask for

	Massachusetts formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed online with New Jersey
Paid expedite		$25
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	Last day of the anniversary month of NJ registration each year
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

From Massachusetts to New Jersey, step by step

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($25). New Jersey wants the Massachusetts certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Jersey registered agent, with your Massachusetts name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand, New Jersey's filing goes in. Once New Jersey approves it, the Massachusetts company can do business there.

New Jersey costs for Massachusetts companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Massachusetts	$25
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Massachusetts certificate included	$324

New Jersey's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your Massachusetts name and New Jersey's rules

New Jersey accepts your Massachusetts name if it includes LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C.. If another New Jersey company uses the Massachusetts name, an alternate name is allowed. We search New Jersey's records for Massachusetts's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Massachusetts one

New Jersey calls it a registered agent; Massachusetts says resident agent. New Jersey papers come to us; Massachusetts's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: New Jersey and Massachusetts

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus New Jersey comes to $744 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to New Jersey

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($12)). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Jersey company in Massachusetts

An LLC formed in New Jersey that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($50) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about New Jersey

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once a Massachusetts business operates there; New Jersey does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does it cost to register a Massachusetts LLC in New Jersey?

$299 at checkout plus $25 to Massachusetts for the Certificate of Good Standing, $324 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants it ($25), current at filing.

How long does the New Jersey registration take?

8.5 business hours with New Jersey's paid expedite, once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $25.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and New Jersey?

$744 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

A Massachusetts company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and New Jersey can add up to $200 for each year or part of a year.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my Massachusetts name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Massachusetts name at home. New Jersey names must include LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C..

Can I form a new New Jersey LLC instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Jersey later?

Massachusetts companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation for a foreign LLC; until then, New Jersey's report stays due alongside Massachusetts's filings.

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