Foreign registration · Form LLC 4

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Missouri

An LLC formed in New Jersey that wants to do business in Missouri files Form LLC 4, with $105 in state fees. Missouri also wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What New Jersey and Missouri each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$50	$105 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Missouri
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	nj.gov	sos.mo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	No annual report
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Missouri

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($50) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. It comes as a short form ($50) or a long form ($100). Missouri accepts it within 60 days of New Jersey's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form LLC 4
It names us as your Missouri registered agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date and the certificate attached. The New Jersey certificate comes first; then the Missouri filing goes in. Once Missouri approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

First-year cost, New Jersey to Missouri

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$50
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$354

Will your New Jersey name work for Missouri?

We search Missouri's records for New Jersey's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Missouri agent and the New Jersey one

New Jersey and Missouri both call it a registered agent. Missouri papers come to us; New Jersey's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Missouri and New Jersey

New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75); Missouri has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Missouri

A corporation formed in New Jersey files Form Corp 42 with Missouri ($155 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($25)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Missouri into New Jersey

An LLC formed in Missouri that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Missouri

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; Missouri law lists 7 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Missouri registration cost?

$304 at checkout plus $50 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $354 in all (checkout is $105 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: Missouri wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Missouri?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Jersey's report ($75) and no Missouri yearly report.

What if I don't register with Missouri?

A New Jersey company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Missouri LLC instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Missouri yearly report, and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing a Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the Missouri registration and New Jersey's filings stay in place.

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