New Mexico

Foreign registration · Form 635_0010

New Mexico LLC Foreign Registration in Iowa

To do business in Iowa, an LLC formed in New Mexico registers there on Form 635_0010, with $100 in state fees. Iowa also asks for New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance, no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your New Mexico records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Mexico and Iowa side by side

	New Mexico formed here	Iowa registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance	Form 635_0010, Limited Liability Company Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	Set by the state	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed with Iowa
Paid expedite		5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	sos.iowa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	No annual report	Biennial Report, $30, every two years
Due		April 1 of odd-numbered years
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our Iowa registered agent

How New Mexico companies register with Iowa

Order the New Mexico certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance is ordered from New Mexico separately; it is not part of our Iowa order. Iowa accepts it within 90 days of New Mexico's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 635_0010
It lists us as your Iowa registered agent, next to your New Mexico name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once New Mexico's certificate is in hand, Iowa's filing goes in. Once Iowa approves it, the New Mexico company can do business there.

Iowa costs for New Mexico companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Our service, with a year of Iowa registered agent service	$199
First-year total	$299

Plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance, priced by New Mexico. Iowa's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your New Mexico name and Iowa's rules

If another Iowa company uses the New Mexico name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Iowa's records for New Mexico's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Iowa agent and the New Mexico one

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

Yearly filings: Iowa and New Mexico

New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs; Iowa wants the Biennial Report every two years ($30). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to Iowa

A corporation formed in New Mexico files Form 635_0110A with Iowa ($100 in state fees, the same). After that come New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25) and Iowa's Biennial Report ($60). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Iowa company in New Mexico

An LLC formed in Iowa that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($5) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: New Mexico to Iowa

Does my New Mexico company need to register in Iowa?

Yes, once a New Mexico business operates there; Iowa law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Iowa registration cost?

$299 at checkout, plus New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance.

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

Yes: Iowa wants it, no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Mexico and Iowa?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no New Mexico yearly report and Iowa's report ($30, every two years).

What if I don't register with Iowa?

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

Does Iowa require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Mexico registered agent stays, and ours covers Iowa for year one.

Will Iowa accept my New Mexico name?

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

Can I form a new Iowa LLC instead?

Yes, but New Mexico keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Iowa's Biennial Report ($30), and New Mexico has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Iowa later?

New Mexico companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal ($10); until then, Iowa's report stays due alongside New Mexico's filings.

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