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New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

To do business in South Dakota, an LLC formed in New Jersey registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50). We file it with the Secretary of State using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Jersey and South Dakota each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$50	$750 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	nj.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Name endings	LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C.	'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.)
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From New Jersey to South Dakota, step by step

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($50) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. It comes as a short form ($50) or a long form ($100). South Dakota wants the New Jersey certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota registered agent, with your New Jersey name and formation date and the certificate attached. The New Jersey certificate comes first; then the South Dakota filing goes in. After approval, your New Jersey LLC is registered with South Dakota.

First-year cost, New Jersey to South Dakota

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$50
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$999

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

Your New Jersey name and South Dakota's rules

South Dakota accepts your New Jersey name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). 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. If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Jersey company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the New Jersey one

New Jersey and South Dakota both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Jersey; ours takes South Dakota's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in New Jersey and South Dakota

Each year your LLC files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus South Dakota comes to $279 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to South Dakota

A corporation formed in New Jersey files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Standing Certificate ($25)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in New Jersey

An LLC formed in South Dakota that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about South Dakota

Does my New Jersey company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $50 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $999 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: South Dakota wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once New Jersey's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and South Dakota?

$279 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.); “limited liability company” works in both states.

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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