Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

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

Massachusetts and Pennsylvania side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$25	$250 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	September 30
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Massachusetts to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your Massachusetts name and formation date. No Massachusetts paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. After approval, your Massachusetts LLC is registered with Pennsylvania.

Your Massachusetts name and Pennsylvania's rules

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

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Massachusetts one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Massachusetts

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Massachusetts plus Pennsylvania comes to $676 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once a Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Pennsylvania?

$676 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

A Massachusetts company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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