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Texas LLC Foreign Registration in Massachusetts

To do business in Massachusetts, an LLC formed in Texas registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $520 in state fees. Massachusetts also asks for Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division from your Texas records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Texas and Massachusetts side by side

	Texas formed here	Massachusetts registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$15	$520 at order (filing fee $500 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed on Massachusetts's paper form
Paid expedite		$20
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	sec.state.ma.us
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	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $500, every year
Due	May 15 each year	On or before the anniversary date of registration to do business in Massachusetts
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Massachusetts resident agent

How Texas companies register with Massachusetts

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our Massachusetts order. Ordered from Texas on filing day, it easily meets Massachusetts's limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Massachusetts resident agent, with your Texas name and formation date and the certificate attached. Texas issues the certificate instantly, so the Massachusetts filing can go in the same day. Once Massachusetts approves it, the Texas company can do business there.

First-year cost, Texas to Massachusetts

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$520
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of Massachusetts resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$734

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

Your Texas name and Massachusetts's rules

Massachusetts can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Agents: Massachusetts and Texas

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

Yearly filings: Massachusetts and Texas

Texas wants the Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report every year; Massachusetts wants the Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report every year ($500). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

The other way: Massachusetts into Texas

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

Questions Texas owners ask about Massachusetts

Does my Texas company need to register in Massachusetts?

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

How much does the Massachusetts registration cost?

$719 at checkout plus $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $734 in all (checkout is $520 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Massachusetts?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Texas's report (fee set by the state) and Massachusetts's report ($500).

What if I don't register with Massachusetts?

A Texas company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Massachusetts can add a civil penalty of up to $500.

Does Massachusetts require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Massachusetts LLC instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520), and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Massachusetts later?

Texas companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Massachusetts's report stays due alongside Texas's filings.

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