Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers an LLC from New Jersey as a foreign LLC on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your New Jersey records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

New Jersey and Rhode Island side by side

	New Jersey formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$50	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	nj.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year	May 1
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How New Jersey companies register with Rhode Island

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($50) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. It comes as a short form ($50) or a long form ($100). Rhode Island accepts it within 60 days of New Jersey's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 450
It names us as your Rhode Island resident agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date and the certificate attached. The New Jersey certificate comes first; then the Rhode Island filing goes in. After approval, your New Jersey LLC is registered with Rhode Island.

Rhode Island costs for New Jersey companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$50
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$405

Your New Jersey name and Rhode Island's rules

If another Rhode Island company uses the New Jersey name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the New Jersey one

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

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and New Jersey

Each year your LLC files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, New Jersey plus Rhode Island comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in New Jersey files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Standing Certificate ($25)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in New Jersey

An LLC formed in Rhode Island that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Rhode Island

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Rhode Island?

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

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

$355 at checkout plus $50 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $405 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

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

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

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Rhode Island?

$274 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Jersey registered agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island accept my New Jersey name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its New Jersey name at home.

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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