Foreign LLC registration
New Hampshire Foreign LLC Registration: Form FLLC-1
An LLC formed in another state registers with New Hampshire on Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company. The $100 filing fee ($102 with the charges New Hampshire collects at filing) goes to New Hampshire; our $199 covers preparing and filing it plus the first year of New Hampshire registered agent service, for $301 at checkout. New Hampshire does not ask for a home-state certificate with this filing.
New Hampshire LLC registration at a glance
- Filing
- Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
- State fee
- $100 filing fee ($102 with the charges New Hampshire collects at filing)
- Total with us
- $301, first year of New Hampshire registered agent service included
- Home-state certificate
- Not required
- New Hampshire yearly filing
- Annual Report, $100, every year
- Filed with
- New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
What Form FLLC-1 asks for
For Form FLLC-1, New Hampshire needs:
- The exact name of your LLC as formed
- The state it was formed in and its date of formation
- A New Hampshire registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
- A principal office address
LLC into New Hampshire, by home state
Every home state pays the same $301 at checkout for New Hampshire.
| Formed in | Home-state certificate | First year |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Not needed | $301 |
| Alaska | Not needed | $301 |
| Arizona | Not needed | $301 |
| Arkansas | Not needed | $301 |
| California | Not needed | $301 |
| Colorado | Not needed | $301 |
| Connecticut | Not needed | $301 |
| Delaware | Not needed | $301 |
| Florida | Not needed | $301 |
| Georgia | Not needed | $301 |
| Hawaii | Not needed | $301 |
| Idaho | Not needed | $301 |
| Illinois | Not needed | $301 |
| Indiana | Not needed | $301 |
| Iowa | Not needed | $301 |
| Kansas | Not needed | $301 |
| Kentucky | Not needed | $301 |
| Louisiana | Not needed | $301 |
| Maine | Not needed | $301 |
| Maryland | Not needed | $301 |
| Massachusetts | Not needed | $301 |
| Michigan | Not needed | $301 |
| Minnesota | Not needed | $301 |
| Mississippi | Not needed | $301 |
| Missouri | Not needed | $301 |
| Montana | Not needed | $301 |
| Nebraska | Not needed | $301 |
| Nevada | Not needed | $301 |
| New Jersey | Not needed | $301 |
| New Mexico | Not needed | $301 |
| New York | Not needed | $301 |
| North Carolina | Not needed | $301 |
| North Dakota | Not needed | $301 |
| Ohio | Not needed | $301 |
| Oklahoma | Not needed | $301 |
| Oregon | Not needed | $301 |
| Pennsylvania | Not needed | $301 |
| Rhode Island | Not needed | $301 |
| South Carolina | Not needed | $301 |
| South Dakota | Not needed | $301 |
| Tennessee | Not needed | $301 |
| Texas | Not needed | $301 |
| Utah | Not needed | $301 |
| Vermont | Not needed | $301 |
| Virginia | Not needed | $301 |
| Washington | Not needed | $301 |
| West Virginia | Not needed | $301 |
| Wisconsin | Not needed | $301 |
| Wyoming | Not needed | $301 |
When New Hampshire expects an LLC to register
New Hampshire sets out what does not count as doing business in RSA 304-C:174. A one-off transaction completed within 30 days, and not one of a series, does not count either. Owning property there, without more, is not doing business either. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.
If you do business in New Hampshire without registering
An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in New Hampshire courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. Members and managers do not become personally liable just because the LLC skipped registration. When it does register, New Hampshire collects the fees it would have charged for the years it went unregistered. The New Hampshire attorney general can ask a court to stop the LLC doing business there until it registers. With no registered agent on file, legal papers can be served through the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
New Hampshire registered agent rule
New Hampshire requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Switching agents later costs $15. Our $199 includes the first year of New Hampshire registered agent service, then $149 a year.
New Hampshire yearly filings
Once registered, your LLC files the New Hampshire Annual Report every year, at $100, due April 1. The New Hampshire filing window opens January 1 and closes April 1. Filing it late adds $50. From year two, keeping the New Hampshire registration costs $249 a year with our registered agent service.
How long New Hampshire takes
We file Form FLLC-1 with the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
Leaving New Hampshire later
If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing an Application for Certificate of Cancellation of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company. Until that is filed, New Hampshire's yearly filing stays due.
New Hampshire foreign LLC questions
Do I have to register my LLC in New Hampshire?
Yes, if it was formed in another state and does business there. A one-off deal finished within 30 days does not count. An office, staff or regular sales there usually mean registering.
How much does foreign LLC registration in New Hampshire cost?
$301 at checkout: the $100 filing fee ($102 with the charges New Hampshire collects at filing) plus our $199, which includes the first year of registered agent service.
Does New Hampshire need a certificate from my home state?
No, New Hampshire does not ask for one with this filing.
What does it cost each year to stay registered in New Hampshire?
$249 a year: $100 for the Annual Report and $149 for our registered agent service. The home state's own yearly filing stays separate.
What if I don't register with New Hampshire?
Your LLC cannot sue in court there until it registers.
Do I need a registered agent in New Hampshire?
Yes. New Hampshire requires one for every LLC registered there from another state. Ours is included for the first year, then $149 a year.
How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?
File an Application for Certificate of Cancellation of Registration with the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
Can I form a new New Hampshire LLC instead?
It is possible, but that is a separate company that files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102), while the original keeps its home-state filings. Registering keeps one company in both states.
Is the New Hampshire filing the same for a corporation?
No: corporations file Form 40 ($102 in state fees, the same fee), and LLCs file Form FLLC-1.
Is this a certificate of authority?
New Hampshire calls it registration; other states call the same step a certificate of authority or foreign qualification.
Official New Hampshire sources
- New Hampshire filing page (sos.nh.gov)
- New Hampshire Form FLLC-1 (sos.nh.gov)
- New Hampshire: RSA 304-C:174, activities that are not doing business
- New Hampshire: RSA 304-C:180, effect of not registering
- New Hampshire: RSA 304-C:182, service on an unregistered foreign LLC
- New Hampshire: sos.nh.gov
- New Hampshire: sos.nh.gov
- New Hampshire Form FLLC-3, cancellation of a foreign LLC registration