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New Hampshire LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

An LLC formed in New Hampshire that wants to do business in South Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State using your New Hampshire records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Hampshire and South Dakota each ask for

	New Hampshire formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$750 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $102, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	April 1	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

How New Hampshire companies register with South Dakota

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

First-year cost, New Hampshire to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$954

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

Will your New Hampshire name work for South Dakota?

South Dakota accepts your New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another South Dakota company uses the New Hampshire name, an alternate name is allowed. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: South Dakota and New Hampshire

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

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and South Dakota

Each year your LLC files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus South Dakota comes to $306 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to South Dakota

A corporation formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in New Hampshire

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

Common questions: New Hampshire to South Dakota

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

Yes, once a New Hampshire 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 $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $954 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

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

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

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

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

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

$306 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $102 to New Hampshire and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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. 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 New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire's filings.

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