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Rhode Island LLC Foreign Registration in Vermont

Vermont registers an LLC from Rhode Island as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $155 in state fees. Vermont also wants Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Rhode Island records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Rhode Island and Vermont each ask for

	Rhode Island formed here	Vermont registering here
Document	Rhode Island Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration (Register a Foreign Business Online) (no form number)
State fee	$22	$155 at order
How it is handled	Rhode Island: online in about two business days, the same day in person, or in 5 to 7 business days by mail	Filed online with Vermont
Office	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division	Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.ri.gov	sos.vermont.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year	Annual Report, $170, every year
Due	May 1	Within 3 months after end of the foreign LLC's fiscal year on record
Turnaround	Certificate takes a few days	Online processing: less than one business day
Agent	Your Rhode Island resident agent	Our Vermont registered agent

How Rhode Island companies register with Vermont

Order the Rhode Island certificate
The Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22) is ordered from Rhode Island separately; it is not part of our Vermont order. It comes as a short form ($22) or a long form ($30). Rhode Island takes days to issue it and Vermont wants it within 90 days, so the order is timed for both.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Vermont registered agent, with your Rhode Island name and formation date and the certificate attached. Allow for the days Rhode Island takes to send the certificate before the Vermont filing goes in. Once Vermont approves it, the Rhode Island company can do business there.

First-year cost, Rhode Island to Vermont

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$155
Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Rhode Island	$22
Our service, with a year of Vermont registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Rhode Island certificate included	$376

Your Rhode Island name and Vermont's rules

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

Your Vermont agent and the Rhode Island one

Vermont calls it a registered agent; Rhode Island says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Rhode Island; ours takes Vermont's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Vermont and Rhode Island

Each year your LLC files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50) and Vermont's Annual Report ($170). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Rhode Island plus Vermont comes to $369 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Rhode Island to Vermont

A corporation formed in Rhode Island files its own registration with Vermont ($155 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22)). After that come Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50) and Vermont's Annual Report ($250). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Vermont company in Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Vermont that registers with Rhode Island files Form 450 with $156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($35) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Rhode Island to Vermont

Does my Rhode Island company need to register in Vermont?

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

How much does the Vermont registration cost?

$354 at checkout plus $22 to Rhode Island for the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, $376 in all (checkout is $155 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Rhode Island's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Vermont wants it ($22), 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, plus a few days for Rhode Island's certificate before filing.

What are the yearly costs for Rhode Island and Vermont?

$369 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Rhode Island and $170 to Vermont for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Vermont?

A Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island resident agent stays, and ours covers Vermont for year one.

Will Vermont accept my Rhode Island name?

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

Can I form a new Vermont LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Vermont later?

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

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