Minnesota

Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

To do business in Pennsylvania, an LLC formed in Minnesota registers there on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Minnesota: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Minnesota records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

What Minnesota and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$5	$250 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sos.mn.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	December 31	September 30
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Minnesota companies register with Pennsylvania

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Minnesota name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Minnesota first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Your Minnesota name and Pennsylvania's rules

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

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Minnesota one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Minnesota

Each year your LLC files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Minnesota plus Pennsylvania comes to $156 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Pennsylvania

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

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Minnesota

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $205 in state fees; no Pennsylvania certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Minnesota to Pennsylvania

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once a Minnesota business operates there; Pennsylvania law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register a Minnesota LLC in Pennsylvania?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Minnesota.

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Pennsylvania?

$156 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the Minnesota registered agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

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

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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