Foreign registration · Form 635_0010

New Hampshire LLC Foreign Registration in Iowa

Iowa registers an LLC from New Hampshire as a foreign LLC on Form 635_0010, with $100 in state fees. Iowa also wants New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your New Hampshire records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

New Hampshire and Iowa side by side

	New Hampshire formed here	Iowa registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Form 635_0010, Limited Liability Company Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed with Iowa
Paid expedite		5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	sos.iowa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $102, every year	Biennial Report, $30, every two years
Due	April 1	April 1 of odd-numbered years
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Iowa registered agent

How New Hampshire companies register with Iowa

Order the New Hampshire certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from New Hampshire separately; it is not part of our Iowa order. It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10). Iowa counts 90 days from the day New Hampshire issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 635_0010
It lists us as your Iowa registered agent, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The New Hampshire certificate comes first; then the Iowa filing goes in. Once Iowa approves it, the New Hampshire company can do business there.

First-year cost, New Hampshire to Iowa

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of Iowa registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$304

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

Your New Hampshire name and Iowa's rules

If another Iowa company uses the New Hampshire name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact New Hampshire name against Iowa's records before filing.

Your Iowa agent and the New Hampshire one

New Hampshire and Iowa both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Hampshire; ours takes Iowa's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and Iowa

New Hampshire wants the Annual Report every year ($102); Iowa wants the Biennial Report every two years ($30). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Iowa

A corporation formed in New Hampshire files Form 635_0110A with Iowa ($100 in state fees, the same). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Iowa's Biennial Report ($60). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Iowa company in New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Iowa that registers with New Hampshire files Form FLLC-1 with $102 in state fees; no Iowa certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: New Hampshire to Iowa

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Iowa?

Yes, once a New Hampshire business operates there; Iowa law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Iowa registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $304 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need New Hampshire's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Iowa wants it ($5), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Iowa?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Hampshire's report ($102) and Iowa's report ($30, every two years).

What if I don't register with Iowa?

A New Hampshire company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Iowa require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Hampshire registered agent stays, and ours covers Iowa for year one.

Will Iowa accept my New Hampshire name?

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

Can I form a new Iowa LLC instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Iowa's Biennial Report ($30), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Iowa later?

New Hampshire companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal ($10); until then, Iowa's report stays due alongside New Hampshire's filings.

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