Pennsylvania Foreign LLC Registration: Form DSCB:15-412

Pennsylvania LLC registration at a glance

Filing

Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement

State fee

$250 filing fee

Total with us

$449, first year of Pennsylvania registered office service included

Home-state certificate

Not required

Pennsylvania yearly filing

Annual Report, $7, every year

Filed with

Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations

What Form DSCB:15-412 asks for

Form DSCB:15-412 has 8 numbered items. In practice, Pennsylvania needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed, with an ending Pennsylvania accepts: 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
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Pennsylvania registered office with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

LLC into Pennsylvania, by home state

Every home state pays the same $449 at checkout for Pennsylvania.

When Pennsylvania expects an LLC to register

Pennsylvania law lists 12 activities that do not, on their own, count as doing business in Pennsylvania; the list gives examples and is not the full test. Being a member or manager of an LLC that does business in Pennsylvania does not by itself mean you do business there. These rules decide registration only; Pennsylvania tax nexus and lawsuits follow their own tests. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in Pennsylvania without registering

An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in Pennsylvania courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it.

Pennsylvania registered office rule

Pennsylvania requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered office there. Our $199 includes the first year of Pennsylvania registered office service, then $149 a year.

Pennsylvania yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the Pennsylvania Annual Report every year, at $7, due September 30. The Pennsylvania filing window opens January 1 and closes September 30. From year two, keeping the Pennsylvania registration costs $156 a year with our registered office service.

How long Pennsylvania takes

We file Form DSCB:15-412 with the Pennsylvania Department of State. Paid speed-ups: same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving Pennsylvania later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration. Until that is filed, Pennsylvania's yearly filing stays due.