Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Massachusetts

Massachusetts registers an LLC from New Jersey as a foreign LLC on a paper registration (no form number), with $520 in state fees. Massachusetts also wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division from your New Jersey records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

New Jersey and Massachusetts side by side

	New Jersey formed here	Massachusetts registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$50	$520 at order (filing fee $500 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed on Massachusetts's paper form
Paid expedite		$20
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division
Official page	nj.gov	sec.state.ma.us
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $500, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year	On or before the anniversary date of registration to do business in Massachusetts
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Massachusetts resident agent

How New Jersey companies register with Massachusetts

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($50) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our Massachusetts order. It comes as a short form ($50) or a long form ($100). Massachusetts counts 90 days from the day New Jersey issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Massachusetts resident agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once New Jersey's certificate is in hand, Massachusetts's filing goes in. Once Massachusetts approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Massachusetts costs for New Jersey companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$520
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$50
Our service, with a year of Massachusetts resident agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$769

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

Your New Jersey name and Massachusetts's rules

Massachusetts can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Your Massachusetts agent and the New Jersey one

Massachusetts calls it a resident agent; New Jersey says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Jersey; ours takes Massachusetts's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Massachusetts and New Jersey

Each year your LLC files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Massachusetts's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($500). With our $149 resident agent renewal, New Jersey plus Massachusetts comes to $724 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

Registering a Massachusetts company in New Jersey

An LLC formed in Massachusetts that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Massachusetts

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Massachusetts?

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; Massachusetts registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does it cost to register a New Jersey LLC in Massachusetts?

$719 at checkout plus $50 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $769 in all (checkout is $520 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: Massachusetts wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Massachusetts?

$724 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $500 to Massachusetts for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Massachusetts?

A New Jersey company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Massachusetts can add a civil penalty of up to $500.

Does Massachusetts require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Jersey registered agent stays, and ours covers Massachusetts for year one.

Can I form a new Massachusetts LLC instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Massachusetts later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Massachusetts's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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