Foreign registration · Form FLLC-1

Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

To do business in New Hampshire, an LLC formed in Pennsylvania registers there on Form FLLC-1, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire asks nothing of Pennsylvania here, not even the Subsistence Certificate. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Pennsylvania vs New Hampshire: the paperwork

	Pennsylvania formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate (not needed here)	Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$40	$102 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 with New Hampshire
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	September 30	April 1
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our New Hampshire registered agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with New Hampshire

We prepare and file Form FLLC-1
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date. No Pennsylvania paperwork holds up the New Hampshire filing. Once New Hampshire approves it, the Pennsylvania company can do business there.

Your Pennsylvania name and New Hampshire's rules

We check your exact Pennsylvania name against New Hampshire's records before filing.

Agents: New Hampshire and Pennsylvania

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

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and Pennsylvania

Each year your LLC files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus New Hampshire comes to $256 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files Form 40 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the corporation filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Pennsylvania

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

Questions Pennsylvania owners ask about New Hampshire

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in New Hampshire?

Yes, once a Pennsylvania business operates there; New Hampshire does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does the New Hampshire registration cost?

$301 at checkout, with nothing to pay Pennsylvania.

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

No, New Hampshire takes Form FLLC-1 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and New Hampshire?

$256 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

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

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers New Hampshire for year one.

Can I form a new New Hampshire LLC instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Cancellation of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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