South Carolina

Foreign registration · no form number

South Carolina LLC Foreign Registration in Nebraska

An LLC formed in South Carolina that wants to do business in Nebraska files an online registration (no form number), with $110 in state fees. Nebraska also wants South Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your South Carolina records, then serve as your agent for service of process there for year one.

South Carolina and Nebraska side by side

	South Carolina formed here	Nebraska registering here
Document	South Carolina Certificate of Existence	Application for Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company (no form number)
State fee	$10	$110 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	South Carolina: online	Filed online with Nebraska
Office	South Carolina Secretary of State	Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	businessfilings.sc.gov	sos.nebraska.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	No annual report	Biennial Report, $25, every two years
Due		April 1 of each odd-numbered year
Agent	Your South Carolina agent for service of process	Our Nebraska agent for service of process

How South Carolina companies register with Nebraska

Order the South Carolina certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from South Carolina separately; it is not part of our Nebraska order. Nebraska wants the South Carolina certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Nebraska agent for service of process, next to your South Carolina name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The South Carolina certificate comes first; then the Nebraska filing goes in. After approval, your South Carolina LLC is registered with Nebraska.

First-year cost, South Carolina to Nebraska

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$110
Certificate of Existence, paid to South Carolina	$10
Our service, with a year of Nebraska agent for service of process service	$199
First-year total, South Carolina certificate included	$319

Your South Carolina name and Nebraska's rules

If Nebraska's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the South Carolina company. We search Nebraska's records for South Carolina's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Nebraska agent and the South Carolina one

South Carolina and Nebraska both call it an agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for South Carolina; ours takes Nebraska's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in South Carolina and Nebraska

South Carolina has no annual report for LLCs; Nebraska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, South Carolina to Nebraska

A corporation formed in South Carolina files its own registration with Nebraska ($110 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come South Carolina's Annual Report (Schedule D of Form SC1120 / SC1120S) and Nebraska's Biennial Report ($52). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Nebraska into South Carolina

An LLC formed in Nebraska that registers with South Carolina files Form F0008 with $110 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($6.50) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions South Carolina owners ask about Nebraska

Does my South Carolina company need to register in Nebraska?

Yes, once a South Carolina business operates there; Nebraska does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

How much does the Nebraska registration cost?

$309 at checkout plus $10 to South Carolina for the Certificate of Existence, $319 in all (checkout is $110 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need South Carolina's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Nebraska wants South Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for South Carolina and Nebraska?

Our agent for service of process renewal ($149 a year), no South Carolina yearly report and Nebraska's report ($25, every two years).

What if I don't register with Nebraska?

A South Carolina company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Nebraska require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Carolina agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Nebraska for year one.

Will Nebraska accept my South Carolina name?

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

Can I form a new Nebraska LLC instead?

Yes, but South Carolina keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Nebraska's Biennial Report ($25), and South Carolina has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Nebraska later?

South Carolina companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Foreign Limited Liability Company Certificate of Authority; until then, Nebraska's report stays due alongside South Carolina's filings.

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