Foreign registration · no form number

Nevada LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

To do business in South Dakota, an LLC formed in Nevada registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Nevada records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Nevada and South Dakota each ask for

	Nevada formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$50	$750 at order
How it is handled	Nevada: online through SilverFlume, or by mail, with 1-hour, 2-hour and 24-hour expedite tiers	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $350, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$175 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From Nevada to South Dakota, step by step

Order the Nevada certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($50) is ordered from Nevada separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Nevada certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota registered agent, with your Nevada name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Nevada certificate comes first; then the South Dakota filing goes in. Once South Dakota approves it, the Nevada company can do business there.

First-year cost, Nevada to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Existence, paid to Nevada	$50
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Nevada certificate included	$999

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Nevada name work for South Dakota?

South Dakota accepts your Nevada name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Nevada name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Nevada company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: South Dakota and Nevada

Nevada and South Dakota both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Nevada; ours takes South Dakota's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: South Dakota and Nevada

Each year your LLC files Nevada's periodic report ($350) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Nevada plus South Dakota comes to $554 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Nevada files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($50)). After that come Nevada's Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in Nevada

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

Common questions: Nevada to South Dakota

Does my Nevada company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Nevada business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $50 to Nevada for the Certificate of Existence, $999 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Nevada's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants Nevada's Certificate of Existence ($50), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once Nevada's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and South Dakota?

$554 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $350 to Nevada and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Nevada keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps Nevada's periodic report.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

Nevada companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside Nevada's filings.

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