Foreign registration · no form number

New Hampshire LLC Foreign Registration in North Dakota

North Dakota registers an LLC from New Hampshire as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $135 in state fees. North Dakota also wants New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State from your New Hampshire records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Hampshire and North Dakota side by side

	New Hampshire formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Business Limited Liability Company Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$5	$135 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	sos.nd.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $102, every year	Annual Report, $50, every year
Due	April 1	November 15
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

From New Hampshire to North Dakota, step by step

Order the New Hampshire certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from New Hampshire separately; it is not part of our North Dakota order. It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10). North Dakota wants the New Hampshire certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your North Dakota registered agent, with your New Hampshire name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once New Hampshire's certificate is in hand, North Dakota's filing goes in. After approval, your New Hampshire LLC is registered with North Dakota.

First-year cost, New Hampshire to North Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$135
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of North Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$339

Your New Hampshire name and North Dakota's rules

North Dakota accepts your New Hampshire name if it includes the words limited liability company, or LLC or L.L.C.. If the New Hampshire name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. We check your exact New Hampshire name against North Dakota's records before filing.

Your North Dakota agent and the New Hampshire one

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

Yearly filings: North Dakota and New Hampshire

Each year your LLC files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus North Dakota comes to $301 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to North Dakota

A corporation formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with North Dakota ($145 in state fees). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in New Hampshire

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

Questions New Hampshire owners ask about North Dakota

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in North Dakota?

Yes, once a New Hampshire business operates there; North Dakota does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does the North Dakota registration cost?

$334 at checkout plus $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $339 in all (checkout is $135 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: North Dakota wants it ($5), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and North Dakota?

$301 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $102 to New Hampshire and $50 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

North Dakota can charge a New Hampshire company a civil penalty of up to $5,000.

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will North Dakota accept my New Hampshire name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the words limited liability company, or LLC or L.L.C..

Can I form a new North Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($50), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from North Dakota later?

New Hampshire companies leave by filing an Application for withdrawal of a foreign limited liability company; until then, North Dakota's report stays due alongside New Hampshire's filings.

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