Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

South Dakota LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers an LLC from South Dakota as a foreign LLC on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for South Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your South Dakota records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What South Dakota and Rhode Island each ask for

	South Dakota formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	South Dakota Certificate of Good Standing/Existence	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$20	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	South Dakota: online	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	South Dakota Secretary of State	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sosenterprise.sd.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $55, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	During the entity's anniversary month each year	May 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your South Dakota registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How South Dakota companies register with Rhode Island

Order the South Dakota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) is ordered from South Dakota separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island accepts it within 60 days of South Dakota's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your South Dakota name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once South Dakota's certificate is in hand, Rhode Island's filing goes in. After approval, your South Dakota LLC is registered with Rhode Island.

First-year cost, South Dakota to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Good Standing/Existence, paid to South Dakota	$20
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, South Dakota certificate included	$375

Will your South Dakota name work for Rhode Island?

If another Rhode Island company uses the South Dakota name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and South Dakota

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

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and South Dakota

Each year your LLC files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, South Dakota plus Rhode Island comes to $254 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, South Dakota to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in South Dakota files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20)). After that come South Dakota's Annual Report and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into South Dakota

An LLC formed in Rhode Island that registers with South Dakota files South Dakota's registration (no form number) with $750 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22). See that filing.

Questions South Dakota owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my South Dakota company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a South Dakota business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register a South Dakota LLC in Rhode Island?

$355 at checkout plus $20 to South Dakota for the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence, $375 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($20), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for South Dakota and Rhode Island?

$254 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $55 to South Dakota and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Dakota registered agent stays, and ours covers Rhode Island for year one, with a street address there.

Will Rhode Island accept my South Dakota name?

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

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but South Dakota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50), and the original keeps South Dakota's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

Official sources

People also search

LLC into Rhode Island, by home state (48)

South Dakota into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation