Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Nevada LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

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

What Nevada and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Nevada formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$50	$250 at order
How it is handled	Nevada: online through SilverFlume, or by mail, with 1-hour, 2-hour and 24-hour expedite tiers	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $350, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	September 30
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Nevada companies register with Pennsylvania

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

Will your Nevada name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Nevada 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 check your exact Nevada name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Nevada one

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

Staying in good standing in Nevada and Pennsylvania

Each year your LLC files Nevada's periodic report ($350) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Nevada plus Pennsylvania comes to $506 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to Pennsylvania

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

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Nevada

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Nevada files Nevada's registration (no form number) with $425 in state fees; no Pennsylvania certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Nevada to Pennsylvania

Does my Nevada company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Nevada.

Do I need Nevada's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and Pennsylvania?

$506 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $350 to Nevada and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

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

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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