Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Missouri LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

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

Missouri and Pennsylvania side by side

	Missouri formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 at order
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sos.mo.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due		September 30
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Missouri to Pennsylvania, step by step

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

Your Missouri name and Pennsylvania's rules

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

Agents: Pennsylvania and Missouri

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Missouri says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Missouri; ours takes Pennsylvania's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Missouri

Missouri has no annual report for LLCs; Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to Pennsylvania

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

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Missouri

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Missouri files Form LLC 4 with $105 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Missouri owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Missouri company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Missouri.

Do I need Missouri's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and Pennsylvania?

Our registered office renewal ($149 a year), no Missouri yearly report and Pennsylvania's report ($7).

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Missouri 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 Missouri keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and Missouri has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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