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Texas LLC Foreign Registration in Connecticut

To do business in Connecticut, an LLC formed in Texas registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $120 in state fees. Connecticut also asks for Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the State, Business Services Division from your Texas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Texas and Connecticut each ask for

	Texas formed here	Connecticut registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Foreign Registration Statement (LLC - Foreign) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$120 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed online with Connecticut
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	business.ct.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report, fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $80, every year
Due	May 15 each year	On or before March 31
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Connecticut registered agent

From Texas to Connecticut, step by step

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our Connecticut order. Ordered from Texas on filing day, it easily meets Connecticut's limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Connecticut registered agent, with your Texas name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Texas delays the Connecticut filing. Once Connecticut approves it, the Texas company can do business there.

First-year cost, Texas to Connecticut

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$120
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of Connecticut registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$334

Connecticut's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your Texas name and Connecticut's rules

We search Connecticut's records for Texas's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Connecticut and Texas

Texas and Connecticut both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Texas; ours takes Connecticut's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Texas and Connecticut

Texas wants the Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report every year; Connecticut wants the Annual Report every year ($80). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Connecticut

A corporation formed in Texas files its own registration with Connecticut ($385 in state fees). After that come Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($435). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Connecticut company in Texas

An LLC formed in Connecticut that registers with Texas files Form 304 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite; no Connecticut certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Texas owners ask about Connecticut

Does my Texas company need to register in Connecticut?

Yes, once a Texas business operates there; Connecticut registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Connecticut registration cost?

$319 at checkout plus $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $334 in all (checkout is $120 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Connecticut wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Connecticut?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Texas's report (fee set by the state) and Connecticut's report ($80).

What if I don't register with Connecticut?

Connecticut can charge a Texas company a penalty of $300 for each month.

Does Connecticut require a registered agent?

Yes: the Texas registered agent stays, and ours covers Connecticut for year one.

Can I form a new Connecticut LLC instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Connecticut's Annual Report ($80), and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Connecticut later?

Texas companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal (no state fee); until then, Connecticut's report stays due alongside Texas's filings.

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