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Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in Vermont

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that wants to do business in Vermont files an online registration (no form number), with $155 in state fees. Vermont also asks for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Pennsylvania records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Pennsylvania and Vermont each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Vermont registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Foreign Registration (Register a Foreign Business Online) (no form number)
State fee	$40	$155 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Vermont
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.vermont.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, $170, every year
Due	September 30	Within 3 months after end of the foreign LLC's fiscal year on record
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Vermont registered agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with Vermont

Order the Pennsylvania certificate
The Subsistence Certificate ($40) is ordered from Pennsylvania separately; it is not part of our Vermont order. Vermont 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 Vermont registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Pennsylvania's certificate is in hand, Vermont's filing goes in. Once Vermont approves it, the Pennsylvania company can do business there.

First-year cost, Pennsylvania to Vermont

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$155
Subsistence Certificate, paid to Pennsylvania	$40
Our service, with a year of Vermont registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Pennsylvania certificate included	$394

Your Pennsylvania name and Vermont's rules

If another Vermont company uses the Pennsylvania name, an alternate name is allowed. Vermont can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Vermont agent and the Pennsylvania one

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

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Vermont

Each year your LLC files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Vermont's Annual Report ($170). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Vermont comes to $326 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Vermont

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Vermont ($155 in state fees, the same, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40)). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Vermont's Annual Report ($250). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Vermont company in Pennsylvania

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

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Vermont

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Vermont?

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

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

$354 at checkout plus $40 to Pennsylvania for the Subsistence Certificate, $394 in all (checkout is $155 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

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

How long does the Vermont registration take?

Vermont's online processing takes less than one business day, once Pennsylvania's certificate is in hand.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Vermont?

$326 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $170 to Vermont for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Vermont?

A Pennsylvania company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Vermont can add a penalty of $50 a day, up to $10,000 a year.

Does Vermont require a registered agent?

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

Will Vermont 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 Vermont LLC instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Vermont's Annual Report ($45), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Vermont later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Vermont's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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