New Jersey Foreign Registration / Form walkthrough
The New Jersey foreign LLC registration form, item by item
The Public Records Filing for New Business Entity is the form a foreign LLC files in New Jersey, and its fee is $100. New Jersey has no form number for it. The state's PDF numbers eleven items, and a foreign LLC completes the first eight, signs, and attaches the home-state certificate. We prepare it for $199.
The filing at a glance
- Title
- Public Records Filing for New Business Entity
- Entity type code for a foreign LLC
- FLC
- Items on the form
- 11, of which a foreign LLC uses the first eight
- Filing fee
- $100
- Signed by
- any authorized representative
- Attachment
- Home-state good standing certificate
- Filed with
- New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
- Public record
- Yes; the filed form is public
What this form is, and what it replaces
New Jersey uses one Public Records Filing for every new business entity. Domestic companies use it to form, and foreign entities use it to be authorized. The same instructions cover both, which is why some lines refer to stock, incorporators or directors that a foreign LLC leaves empty. The PDF is a paper copy of what the Business Formation service collects online, in the same order, so the walkthrough below applies to either route.
Item 1: business name
Take the name from the home-state formation document without changes, with an LLC designator after it. The state's acceptable endings are LTD Liability Co., LTD Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Limited Liability Company or L.L.C.. If you leave the ending off, the Division adds one. The Division checks that the name is distinguishable as part of its review, and a name that conflicts calls for a secondary name instead.
Item 2: type of business entity
Enter the type code. The codes are FLC for a foreign LLC, FR for a foreign for-profit corporation, NF for a foreign nonprofit, LF for a foreign limited partnership and FLP for a foreign limited liability partnership. For an LLC, the entry is FLC. Entering the wrong code sends the filing to the wrong fee line and the wrong rules.
Item 3: business purpose
Give a brief description of the business purpose for the public record. The instructions let a domestic corporation leave this blank in favor of a general clause, which does not help a foreign LLC, so write a short plain sentence about what the LLC does. Keep it to the New Jersey activity.
Items 4 and 5: stock and duration
Stock is for domestic corporations only, and the form tells LLCs and nonprofits to leave it blank. Duration asks how long the entity lasts, and the instructions say to leave it blank if the answer is indefinite or perpetual. Most LLCs leave both lines empty.
Items 6 and 7: state and date of formation
These two lines are for foreign entities only. Item 6 asks for the home state and item 7 for the date the LLC was formed there. Copy both from the home-state certificate you will attach, so the filing and the certificate agree.
Item 8: contact information
Three entries sit here. First, the registered agent: enter one agent only, an individual or a corporation duly registered and in good standing with the State Treasurer. Second, the registered office, which must be a New Jersey street address; a PO box may be used only if the street address is listed as well. Third, the main business or principal business address, which can be anywhere. If the LLC has no office, give the address where its business is run.
Items 9, 10 and 11
Item 9 lists directors, trustees or general partners and applies to domestic corporations and limited partnerships, so a foreign LLC leaves it empty. Item 10 names incorporators for domestic corporations. Item 11 holds entity-specific extras, such as the certificate-age line for foreign corporations and the partnership questions. An LLC finds nothing it must answer there.
The signature block
The form closes with a signature, a printed name, a title and a date. For an LLC, any authorized representative may sign, so no officer title is needed. The signature certifies that the entity has complied with all applicable filing requirements under New Jersey law, which is why the signer should read the finished page.
Attachments
Attach the home-state good standing certificate that the online service names as an item a foreign entity needs. If a field needs more room, use an attachment, which the form allows, and the form also lets you add articles for the public record.
Fee, channel and what comes back
The fee is $100. Online, the service takes a credit card or an eCheck. On paper, mail goes to PO Box 308, Trenton, NJ 08646 and counter or courier delivery to 33 West State Street, 5th Floor, Trenton, NJ 08608, with payment by a check or money order payable to the Treasurer, State of NJ, a credit card, a depository account assigned by the Treasurer, or cash. A copy of the filed form is your certificate. New Jersey publishes no processing time for online filings.
Why a filing might be rejected
A filing can be stopped for a name that is not distinguishable, an entry for an item meant for a different entity type, a registered office without a street address, a missing signature, or a home-state certificate that does not match the name. The older paper form may also lag behind the online service, so check the current fee against the state's schedule rather than the fee table printed on the PDF.
How we prepare the filing
You send the company facts
Name, home state, formation date and addresses.
We check the name
Exact home-state name, with a secondary name planned if needed.
We check the certificate
It must match the name and the formation facts.
We complete the items
Items 1 to 8, and the signature block.
The signer signs
The page is sent to the signer to read first.
We submit it
Online or on paper, for $100.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Filing questions
Does the filing have a form number?
No. The state calls it a Public Records Filing and numbers its items.
Who signs the filing?
For an LLC, any authorized representative.
Is the filing public?
Yes. Once filed, the form and its contents are public.
How is the agent changed later?
By filing a change of registered agent or office, which costs $25.
Our fee and the New Jersey fee
Register in New Jersey
New Jersey
$199
+ $100 New Jersey fee
- The New Jersey Public Records Filing, completed from your answers
- A check that the home-state good standing certificate is ready to attach
- Our New Jersey agent and office, or an agent of your own choosing
- The filed record is returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
The Treasury's fee for a foreign LLC is $100, and checkout lists it on its own line, separate from our charge. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, registry fee schedules
- New Jersey Public Records Filing for New Business Entity, form and instructions
- New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, Business Formation service
- New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, Annual Reports and Change Services
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