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Wisconsin LLC Foreign Registration in Nebraska

To do business in Nebraska, an LLC formed in Wisconsin registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $110 in state fees. Nebraska also wants Wisconsin's Certificate of Status ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Wisconsin records and act as your agent for service of process there for the first year.

Wisconsin and Nebraska side by side

	Wisconsin formed here	Nebraska registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status	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	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed online with Nebraska
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Nebraska Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	sos.nebraska.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5), $25, every year	Biennial Report, $25, every two years
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the LLC's anniversary date	April 1 of each odd-numbered year
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Nebraska agent for service of process

How Wisconsin companies register with Nebraska

Order the Wisconsin certificate
The Certificate of Status ($10) is ordered from Wisconsin separately; it is not part of our Nebraska order. Nebraska wants the Wisconsin certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Nebraska agent for service of process, with your Wisconsin name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Wisconsin delays the Nebraska filing. Once Nebraska approves it, the Wisconsin company can do business there.

First-year cost, Wisconsin to Nebraska

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

Your Wisconsin name and Nebraska's rules

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

Your Nebraska agent and the Wisconsin one

Nebraska calls it an agent for service of process; Wisconsin says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Wisconsin; ours takes Nebraska's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Nebraska and Wisconsin

Wisconsin wants the Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) every year ($25); Nebraska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Nebraska

A corporation formed in Wisconsin files its own registration with Nebraska ($110 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Status ($10)). After that come Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Nebraska's Biennial Report ($52). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Nebraska company in Wisconsin

An LLC formed in Nebraska that registers with Wisconsin files Form 521 with $100 in state fees; no Nebraska certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Wisconsin owners ask about Nebraska

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Nebraska?

Yes, once a Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin for the Certificate of Status, $319 in all (checkout is $110 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Wisconsin's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Nebraska wants Wisconsin's Certificate of Status ($10), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Nebraska?

Our agent for service of process renewal ($149 a year), Wisconsin's report ($25) and Nebraska's report ($25, every two years).

What if I don't register with Nebraska?

A Wisconsin company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Nebraska require a registered agent?

Yes: the Wisconsin registered agent stays, and ours covers Nebraska for year one.

Will Nebraska accept my Wisconsin name?

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

Can I form a new Nebraska LLC instead?

Yes, but Wisconsin keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Nebraska's Biennial Report ($25), and the original keeps Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5).

How do I withdraw from Nebraska later?

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

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