Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

New Hampshire LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in New Hampshire that wants to do business in Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from New Hampshire: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your New Hampshire records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

What New Hampshire and Pennsylvania each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$5	$250 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $102, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	April 1	September 30
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From New Hampshire to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your New Hampshire name and formation date. No New Hampshire paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the New Hampshire company can do business there.

Will your New Hampshire name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your New Hampshire name if it includes the term company, limited or limited liability company, an abbreviation of one of those terms, or words of like import used in the home state. We check your exact New Hampshire name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the New Hampshire one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; New Hampshire says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Hampshire; ours takes Pennsylvania's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania

Each year your LLC files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, New Hampshire plus Pennsylvania comes to $258 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in New Hampshire files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into New Hampshire

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

Common questions: New Hampshire to Pennsylvania

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once a New Hampshire business operates there; Pennsylvania law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register a New Hampshire LLC in Pennsylvania?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay New Hampshire.

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

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Pennsylvania?

$258 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $102 to New Hampshire and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my New Hampshire name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the term company, limited or limited liability company, an abbreviation of one of those terms, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania LLC instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

New Hampshire companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside New Hampshire's filings.

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