Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

Nevada LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, an LLC formed in Nevada registers there on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Nevada records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Nevada and Rhode Island each ask for

	Nevada formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$50	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Nevada: online through SilverFlume, or by mail, with 1-hour, 2-hour and 24-hour expedite tiers	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $350, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	May 1
Late yearly filing	$175 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Nevada companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Nevada certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($50) is ordered from Nevada separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island counts 60 days from the day Nevada issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Nevada name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Nevada certificate comes first; then the Rhode Island filing goes in. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Nevada company can do business there.

First-year cost, Nevada to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Existence, paid to Nevada	$50
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Nevada certificate included	$405

Your Nevada name and Rhode Island's rules

If another Rhode Island company uses the Nevada name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Nevada

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

Staying in good standing in Nevada and Rhode Island

Each year your LLC files Nevada's periodic report ($350) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Nevada plus Rhode Island comes to $549 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Nevada files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($50)). After that come Nevada's Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Nevada

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

Questions Nevada owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Nevada company need to register in Rhode Island?

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

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

$355 at checkout plus $50 to Nevada for the Certificate of Existence, $405 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Nevada's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and Rhode Island?

$549 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $350 to Nevada and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Nevada name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Nevada 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 Nevada's periodic report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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