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Ending New Hampshire authority: the LLC cancellation and the corporation withdrawal

An LLC gives up New Hampshire authority using Form FLLC-3 (a certificate of cancellation) at a state fee of $35. A corporation files Form 44 for $35. Each needs an original tax certificate, and the Department of Revenue Administration charges $30 for the statement behind it.

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Leaving, side by side

LLC form
Form FLLC-3, Application for Certificate of Cancellation of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company
LLC state fee
$35
Corporation form
Form 44, Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation
Corporation state fee
$35
Tax statement for either
$30
Statutes
RSA 304-C:179 and RSA 293-A:15.20

What an LLC swears to on the way out

The statute lists six statements: the name and home state, a statement that the LLC is not doing business in New Hampshire, a surrender of the certificate of registration, a revocation of the agent's authority with consent to service on the Secretary of State, a mailing address for process, and a statement for withdrawal from the Department of Revenue Administration. Put simply, the LLC says it has stopped working here, gives up its authority and lets the Secretary of State receive legal papers.

The tax step comes first

The form's instructions begin with the tax requirement: an original tax certificate from the Department of Revenue Administration, requested on Form AU-22. The statute sets the Department's price for that statement at $30. The Department asks for the last New Hampshire business tax returns, with federal pages, where they have not yet been filed.

Who signs

a person with authority under the law of the home jurisdiction, or a court-appointed fiduciary signs the LLC's application.

You remain reachable for the past

Cancelling leaves the Secretary of State able to accept legal papers about claims that arose from business done here. Keep records and a forwarding address for that reason.

How a corporation withdraws

A foreign for-profit corporation may not withdraw until it holds a certificate of withdrawal, and Form 44 asks for the same original tax certificate. The state fee is $35, so the state charges come to $65. A nonprofit withdraws for $25.

Lifetime cost of an LLC registration

An LLC that registers and later cancels pays $165 in state fees across the two events, plus $100 for each report in between.

Where to send it

The cancellation form shows older mailing and in-person addresses, and the state's 2025 notice gives 28 School Street in Concord. The mailing address we use is the one in force on the day we send it. Online filing is listed for Form FLLC-3.

Cancel, or keep paying the report?

Staying registered costs $100 a year, and leaving costs $65 once. Cancel if the LLC is not coming back, because the reports and the revocation risk otherwise continue.

Keep the agent until the end

Keep the agent and office in place until the cancellation is accepted. Sixty days without them is a ground for revoking an LLC's registration, and a revocation mid-exit adds a reinstatement step.

If the registration was already revoked

A revoked LLC asks for reinstatement by form with the fees owing, and past 120 days adds yearly fees since plus the Department's no-tax-due statement. A clean cancellation is easy only after that.

What the other entity types pay to leave

A foreign nonprofit withdraws on Form FNP-5 for $25. A foreign corporation withdraws on Form 44 for $35 and needs the same tax certificate. For a corporation, the exit comes to $65 in state charges.

Reports owed until the exit is accepted

The registration stays live until the state accepts the cancellation, so a report that falls due in the meantime is still owed at $100. File the final returns, order the statement and send the form in that order so the exit lands before the next window opens.

Records afterwards

Keep the confirmation, the tax statement and the final returns with the company papers. If the entity later needs New Hampshire again it applies afresh for $100, so cancel only if you expect to stay away for a while.

A checklist for the exit

Final returns filed. Tax statement requested. Agent in place. Form FLLC-3 completed with the mailing address for process. Signature from a person with authority. Fee of $35 ready. Confirmation saved. Each item is short, but they depend on one another in that order.

Costs of getting it wrong

A cancellation filed without the original tax certificate is incomplete,. Check the order before you pay.

Ending New Hampshire authority as an LLC

  1. Stop working here

    The application says the LLC no longer does.

  2. File the last returns

    If they are not already on file.

  3. Order the tax statement

    Ask the Department; it charges $30.

  4. Complete Form FLLC-3

    With an address for mailed process.

  5. Sign and pay

    $35 to the Secretary of State.

Leaving questions

Is a tax certificate required?

Yes, an original, for an LLC and for a corporation.

Can papers still be served after I cancel?

On the Secretary of State, for earlier business.

What does an LLC exit cost?

$65 in state charges.

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Our fee and New Hampshire's

The Secretary of State's fee is $100 for an LLC filing and $100 for a corporation filing. We show the state fee apart from our own. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

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Sources

  1. New Hampshire Secretary of State, LLC forms and fees
  2. New Hampshire Form FLLC-1, foreign LLC registration, and its instructions
  3. New Hampshire Secretary of State, domestic and foreign corporation forms and fees
  4. New Hampshire Secretary of State, nonprofit corporations and associations forms and fees
  5. RSA 77-A:18, certifications for withdrawal and good standing
  6. New Hampshire Form FLLC-3, cancellation of a foreign LLC registration
  7. New Hampshire Form 44, withdrawal of a for-profit foreign corporation
  8. RSA 304-C:179, cancellation of a registration
  9. New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration, certificate statements of withdrawal and good standing
  10. New Hampshire Secretary of State, annual report reminder notice
  11. New Hampshire Form 40, foreign for-profit corporation certificate of authority, and its notes
  12. New Hampshire Secretary of State, business FAQs
  13. RSA 304-C:183, grounds for revocation
  14. RSA 304-C:184, procedure and effect of revocation

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