Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

Wisconsin LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, an LLC formed in Wisconsin registers there on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for Wisconsin's Certificate of Status ($10), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Wisconsin records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Wisconsin and Rhode Island each ask for

	Wisconsin formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$10	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5), $25, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the LLC's anniversary date	May 1
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Wisconsin companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Wisconsin certificate
The Certificate of Status ($10) is ordered from Wisconsin separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Ordered from Wisconsin on filing day, it easily meets Rhode Island's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Wisconsin name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Wisconsin issues the certificate instantly, so the Rhode Island filing can go in the same day. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Wisconsin company can do business there.

Rhode Island costs for Wisconsin companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Status, paid to Wisconsin	$10
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Wisconsin certificate included	$365

Your Wisconsin name and Rhode Island's rules

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

Your Rhode Island agent and the Wisconsin one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Wisconsin says registered agent. Rhode Island papers come to us; Wisconsin's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Wisconsin

Each year your LLC files Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Wisconsin plus Rhode Island comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Wisconsin files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($10)). After that come Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into Wisconsin

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

Common questions: Wisconsin to Rhode Island

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Rhode Island?

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

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

$355 at checkout plus $10 to Wisconsin for the Certificate of Status, $365 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Wisconsin's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants Wisconsin's Certificate of Status ($10), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Rhode Island?

$224 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $25 to Wisconsin and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5).

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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