New Jersey Foreign LLC Registration

New Jersey LLC registration at a glance

Filing

Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)

State fee

$100 filing fee

Total with us

$299, first year of New Jersey registered agent service included

Expedited processing

8.5 business hours

Home-state certificate

Required

New Jersey yearly filing

Annual Report, $75, every year

Filed with

New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury

What the New Jersey filing asks for

New Jersey's Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) asks for name, entity type code, business purpose, duration, state of formation, date of formation, the registered agent and registered office, and the main business address. In practice, that means:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed, with an ending New Jersey accepts: LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C., or an alternate name if that name is taken there
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A New Jersey registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address
• A certificate of good standing from the home state

LLC into New Jersey, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $299 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

When New Jersey expects an LLC to register

A one-off transaction completed within 30 days, and not one of a series, does not count as doing business in New Jersey. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in New Jersey without registering

An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in New Jersey 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. New Jersey penalties for unregistered business: up to $200 for each year or part of a year.

New Jersey registered agent rule

New Jersey requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Our $199 includes the first year of New Jersey registered agent service, then $149 a year.

New Jersey yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the New Jersey Annual Report every year, at $75, due last day of the anniversary month of NJ registration each year. From year two, keeping the New Jersey registration costs $224 a year with our registered agent service.

How long New Jersey takes

We file it online with the New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES). New Jersey expedited processing: 8.5 business hours. Paid speed-ups: expedite $25; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving New Jersey later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Certificate of Cancellation for a foreign LLC. Until that is filed, New Jersey's yearly filing stays due.