Application Certificate of Authority • Foreign Qualification
Your Corporation or LLC is incorporated in your home (domestic) state and your entity is authorized to transact business in that state… The question becomes what do you do if you wish to expand your business activities beyond the boundaries of your home state?...
If you do business in another state it is important to make sure you abide by the rules of the state you wish to expand to. All states require an entity that conducts business within their state to be registered. Each state has a slightly different set of guidelines and criteria as to what "conducting business in the state" is... Most state include (but are not limited to) the following:
• Operating at a physical location such as a store or warehouse within the state
• Employing a resident who works within the state
• Opening up a bank account or getting a business license within the state
Refer to your state link below to confirm the exact criteria for the state you are interested in.
To obtain authorization to do business in another state is not difficult - you must apply for a Certificate of Authority or some states refer to is as a Foreign Qualification (Your company is the "Foreign Entity" that must be qualified or be given authority to do business in that state)
The process is streamlined version similar to being incorporated in your home state – you complete and submit the required application form (See links to specific states below), include proof of your home states entity formation and good standing - As part of the foreign qualification process usually you are required to obtain certificate of good standing from your home state Secretary of State (We can provide you with that on a next day basis) and submit it with your application and the state application fee.
For more information on Certificate of Authority Application see your state below:
- Alabama Certificate of Authority for Foreign Corporation • Alabama Form sosff-1.pdf
- Alaska Certificate of Authority for Foreign Corporation • Form 08-410.pfd
- Arizona Application of Foreign Authority to Transact Business • Form cf0024.pdf
- Arkansas Notice for Foreign Filings • Form F-01.pdf
- California Qualification of Foreign Professional Corporations • Form s&dcprof.pdf
- Colorado Statement of Foreign Entity Authority • Form AUTHORITY.pdf
- Connecticut Application for Certificate of Authority • Form foreign_corp.pdf
- Delaware Foreign Qualification • Form forqual09.pdf
- Florida Statement of Qualification • Form cr2e007.pdf
- Georgia Application for Certificate of Authority • Form form236.pdf
- Hawaii Application for Certificate of Authority • Form FC-1.pdf
- Idaho Application for Certificate of Authority • Form cert_authority_profit.pdf
- Illinois Application for Authority to Transact Business • Form bca13.15.pdf
- Indiana Application for Certificate of Authority of a Foreign Corporation • Form 38784.pdf
- Iowa Application for Certificate of Authority • Form 635_0110a.pdf
- Kansas Foreign Corporation Application • Form FA.pdf
- Kentucky Certificate of Authority • Form FCO 0909.pdf
- Louisiana Application for Certificate of Authority • Form SS 326.pdf
- Maine Application for Authority to Do Business • Form MBCA-12.pdf
- Maryland Foreign Corporation Qualification • Form forcp.pdf
- Massachusetts Foreign Corporation Certificate of Registration • Form FFPC.pdf
- Michigan Application for Certificate of Authority • For BCS/CD-560.pdf
- Minnesota Foreign Corporation Registration • Form Foreigncorpregistration.pdf
- Mississippi Application for Certificate of Authority • Form F0002.pdf
- Missouri Application for Certificate of Authority • Form Corp42.pdf
- Montana Certificate of Authority • Form FCA-44.pdf
- Nebraska Application for Certificate of Authority • Form 21-20-170.pdf
- Nevada Qualification to Do Business • Form NRS80.pdf
- New Hampshire Application for Certificate of Authority • Form 40-v1.0.pdf
- New Jersey Certificate of Authority • Form c113a.pdf
- New Mexico Foreign Qualification • Form fpr.pdf
- New York Application of Authority • Form 1335.pdf
- North Carolina Application for Certificate of Authority • Form B-09.pdf
- North Dakota Certificate of Authority for Foreign Corporations • Form sfn13100.pdf
- Ohio Foreign Corporation Application • Form 530.pdf
- Oklahoma Certificate of Qualification • Form FM0012.PDF
- Oregon Application of Authority to Transact Business • Form 50.pdf
- Pennsylvania Application for Certificate of Authority • Form 4124-6124.pdf
- Rhode Island Application for Certificate of Authority • Form 250.pdf
- South Carolina Application for Certificate of Authority • Form 33-15-103.pdf
- South Dakota Foreign Certificate of Authority • Form 20090701.pdf
- Tennessee Application for Certificate of Authority • Form ss-4432.pdf
- Texas Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation • Form 301_boc.pdf
- Utah Application of authority to Conduct Business • Form certauth.pdf
- Vermont Certificate of Authority • Form fcauth.htm
- Virginia Application of Authority to Transact Business • Form scc759.pdf
- Washington Certificate of Authority • Form ForeignProfitCert.pdf
- West Virginia Application for Certificate of Authority • Form cf-1.pdf
- Wisconsin Foreign Business Certificate of Authority • Form 021s.pdf
- Wyoming Certificate of Authority • Form FP-CertificateAuthority.pdf
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