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Missouri LLC Foreign Registration in New Jersey

An LLC formed in Missouri that wants to do business in New Jersey files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing ($10). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury using your Missouri records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Missouri vs New Jersey: the paperwork

	Missouri formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed online with New Jersey
Paid expedite		$25
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	sos.mo.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due		Last day of the anniversary month of NJ registration each year
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

From Missouri to New Jersey, step by step

Order the Missouri certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($10) is ordered from Missouri separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. New Jersey wants the Missouri certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Jersey registered agent, next to your Missouri name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Missouri's certificate is in hand, New Jersey's filing goes in. Once New Jersey approves it, the Missouri company can do business there.

New Jersey costs for Missouri companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Missouri	$10
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Missouri certificate included	$309

New Jersey's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Missouri name work for New Jersey?

New Jersey accepts your Missouri name if it includes LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C.. If New Jersey's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Missouri company. We search New Jersey's records for Missouri's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: New Jersey and Missouri

Missouri and New Jersey both call it a registered agent. New Jersey papers come to us; Missouri's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: New Jersey and Missouri

Missouri has no annual report for LLCs; New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to New Jersey

A corporation formed in Missouri files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10)). After that come Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Jersey company in Missouri

An LLC formed in New Jersey that registers with Missouri files Form LLC 4 with $105 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($50) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Missouri owners ask about New Jersey

Does my Missouri company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once a Missouri business operates there; New Jersey does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does it cost to register a Missouri LLC in New Jersey?

$299 at checkout plus $10 to Missouri for the Certificate of Good Standing, $309 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Missouri's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants it ($10), current at filing.

How long does the New Jersey registration take?

8.5 business hours with New Jersey's paid expedite, once Missouri's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $25.

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and New Jersey?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Missouri yearly report and New Jersey's report ($75).

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

A Missouri company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and New Jersey can add up to $200 for each year or part of a year.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the Missouri registered agent stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my Missouri name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Missouri name at home. New Jersey names must include LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C..

Can I form a new New Jersey LLC instead?

Yes, but Missouri keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and Missouri has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from New Jersey later?

Missouri companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation for a foreign LLC; until then, New Jersey's report stays due alongside Missouri's filings.

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