Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in Vermont

Vermont registers an LLC from Massachusetts as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $155 in state fees. Vermont also asks for Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Massachusetts records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Massachusetts and Vermont each ask for

	Massachusetts formed here	Vermont registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration (Register a Foreign Business Online) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$155 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 Vermont
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	sos.vermont.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Annual Report, $170, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	Within 3 months after end of the foreign LLC's fiscal year on record
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Vermont registered agent

From Massachusetts to Vermont, step by step

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our Vermont order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($25). Vermont accepts it within 90 days of Massachusetts's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Vermont registered agent, next to your Massachusetts name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Massachusetts certificate comes first; then the Vermont filing goes in. After approval, your Massachusetts LLC is registered with Vermont.

Vermont costs for Massachusetts companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$155
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Massachusetts	$25
Our service, with a year of Vermont registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Massachusetts certificate included	$379

Your Massachusetts name and Vermont's rules

If another Vermont company uses the Massachusetts name, an alternate name is allowed. Vermont can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Vermont agent and the Massachusetts one

Vermont calls it a registered agent; Massachusetts says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Massachusetts; ours takes Vermont's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Vermont and Massachusetts

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Vermont's Annual Report ($170). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Vermont comes to $839 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Vermont

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with Vermont ($155 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($12)). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Vermont's Annual Report ($250). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Vermont into Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Vermont that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($35) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about Vermont

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Vermont?

Yes, once a Massachusetts business operates there; Vermont law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$354 at checkout plus $25 to Massachusetts for the Certificate of Good Standing, $379 in all (checkout is $155 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Vermont wants it ($25), no more than 90 days old at filing.

How long does the Vermont registration take?

Vermont's online processing takes less than one business day, once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Vermont?

$839 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $170 to Vermont for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Vermont?

A Massachusetts company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Vermont can add a penalty of $50 a day, up to $10,000 a year.

Does Vermont require a registered agent?

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

Will Vermont 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.

Can I form a new Vermont LLC instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Vermont's Annual Report ($45), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Vermont later?

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

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