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Foreign registration · Form 450

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Minnesota that wants to do business in Rhode Island files Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Minnesota records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Minnesota and Rhode Island side by side

	Minnesota formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$5	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
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 Rhode Island
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.mn.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	December 31	May 1
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

From Minnesota to Rhode Island, step by step

Order the Minnesota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from Minnesota separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Ordered from Minnesota on filing day, it easily meets Rhode Island's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Minnesota delays the Rhode Island filing. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

First-year cost, Minnesota to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Minnesota	$5
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Minnesota certificate included	$360

Will your Minnesota name work for Rhode Island?

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Minnesota company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Minnesota

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

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Minnesota

Each year your LLC files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Minnesota plus Rhode Island comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Minnesota files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Minnesota

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

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Rhode Island?

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

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

$355 at checkout plus $5 to Minnesota for the Certificate of Good Standing, $360 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($5), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Rhode Island?

$199 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Minnesota name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Minnesota 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 Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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