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Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in Idaho

Idaho registers an LLC from Pennsylvania as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho also asks for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Pennsylvania records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Pennsylvania and Idaho each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Foreign Registration Statement (Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$40	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	September 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Idaho registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Idaho, step by step

Order the Pennsylvania certificate
The Subsistence Certificate ($40) is ordered from Pennsylvania separately; it is not part of our Idaho order. Idaho counts 90 days from the day Pennsylvania issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Idaho registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Pennsylvania certificate comes first; then the Idaho filing goes in. Once Idaho approves it, the Pennsylvania company can do business there.

First-year cost, Pennsylvania to Idaho

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$103.50
Subsistence Certificate, paid to Pennsylvania	$40
Our service, with a year of Idaho registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Pennsylvania certificate included	$342.50

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

Your Pennsylvania name and Idaho's rules

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

Agents: Idaho and Pennsylvania

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

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Idaho

Each year your LLC files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Idaho comes to $156 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Idaho

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Idaho company in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Idaho that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Idaho certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Pennsylvania owners ask about Idaho

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Idaho?

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

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

$302.50 at checkout plus $40 to Pennsylvania for the Subsistence Certificate, $342.50 in all (checkout is $103.50 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Idaho wants Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40), no more than 90 days old at filing.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, once Pennsylvania's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Idaho?

$156 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Idaho?

A Pennsylvania company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my Pennsylvania name?

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

Can I form a new Idaho LLC instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement ($20); until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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