Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers an LLC from New Jersey as a foreign LLC on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of New Jersey here, not even the Standing Certificate. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

What New Jersey and Pennsylvania each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$50	$250 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	nj.gov	pa.gov
Name endings	LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C.	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
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year	September 30
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From New Jersey to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your New Jersey name and formation date. Nothing has to come from New Jersey first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Will your New Jersey name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your New Jersey 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. New Jersey's list (LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C.) is not the same, but an ending such as “limited liability company” works in both states. We search Pennsylvania's records for New Jersey's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; New Jersey says registered agent. Pennsylvania papers come to us; New Jersey's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Each year your LLC files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, New Jersey plus Pennsylvania comes to $231 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in New Jersey files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into New Jersey

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

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

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Pennsylvania?

$231 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my New Jersey 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; “limited liability company” works in both states.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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