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Foreign registration · Form LLC1052

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Virginia

To do business in Virginia, an LLC formed in Minnesota registers there on Form LLC1052, with $100 in state fees. Virginia also asks for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), no older than one year. We file it with the State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Minnesota and Virginia each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Virginia registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form LLC1052, Application for Certificate of Registration to Transact Business in Virginia as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$5	$100 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 online with Virginia
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk
Official page	sos.mn.gov	scc.virginia.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within one year
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year
Due	December 31
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Virginia registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Virginia

Order the Minnesota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from Minnesota separately; it is not part of our Virginia order. Ordered from Minnesota on filing day, it easily meets Virginia's limit of one year.
We prepare and file Form LLC1052
It lists us as your Virginia registered agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Minnesota issues the certificate instantly, so the Virginia filing can go in the same day. After approval, your Minnesota LLC is registered with Virginia.

First-year cost, Minnesota to Virginia

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Minnesota	$5
Our service, with a year of Virginia registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Minnesota certificate included	$304

Will your Minnesota name work for Virginia?

Virginia can hold a name for 120 days for $10 before you file.

Your Virginia agent and the Minnesota one

Minnesota and Virginia both call it a registered agent. Virginia papers come to us; Minnesota's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Virginia and Minnesota

Each year your LLC files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Virginia comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

Registering a Virginia company in Minnesota

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

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Virginia

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Virginia?

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

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

$299 at checkout plus $5 to Minnesota for the Certificate of Good Standing, $304 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Virginia wants it ($5), no more than one year old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Virginia?

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

What if I don't register with Virginia?

A Minnesota company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Virginia can add a civil penalty of up to $5,000.

Does Virginia require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Virginia LLC instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50), and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Virginia later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Virginia's report stays due alongside Minnesota's filings.

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