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The New Hampshire LLC application for authority: what Form FLLC-1 asks you

A foreign LLC applies for authority in New Hampshire on Form FLLC-1, the Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company, and pays $100. The statute calls the step a registration. The form has seven articles and the instructions explain them in turn. We fill in the form for $199.

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The LLC application at a glance

Form
Form FLLC-1, Application for Registration as a Foreign Limited Liability Company
Statute
RSA 304-C:175
State fee
$100
Professional LLC counterpart
Form FPLLC-1, $100
Attachment
No home-state certificate
Signed by
a person with authority to sign for the LLC under the law of its home jurisdiction, or a court-appointed fiduciary if the LLC is in the hands of one
Filed with
New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division

What does the state call this filing?

The title says registration, and the statute says a foreign LLC shall register before doing business. In its provisions on revocation, though, the same chapter refers to the LLC's certificate of authority. Both terms describe the same approval.

What goes in article first and second?

Article first is the exact name of the LLC as registered in its home state, with the same punctuation. Article second is the name to be used in New Hampshire, which must carry the words Limited Liability Company or an abbreviation such as L.L.C.. When the two names differ, a trade name application is filed with it at $50.

What is the principal business block?

It is the optional part under article second: the principal office, a mailing address, a phone, an email and a tick-box for a courtesy annual report reminder. If you leave the principal office out, the state uses the registered agent's address.

What do articles third and fourth ask?

They ask for the state or country of formation and the date it was formed there. Both come straight from the home-state formation record, so open that first.

What goes in article fifth?

Article fifth takes a brief description of the type of business to be conducted in New Hampshire, with the NAICS code and sub code if known. Short and specific is best, such as a type of trade or service in New Hampshire, in plain words.

What does article sixth require?

It requires a registered agent who lives in New Hampshire and a registered office that is the agent's street address in the state. The agent page explains who qualifies.

What is article seventh?

Here the LLC attests to current standing in its home state: reports filed, fees paid. It replaces the certificate other states ask for.

Who may sign?

The form is executed by a person with authority to sign for the LLC under the law of its home jurisdiction, or a court-appointed fiduciary if the LLC is in the hands of one. The statute separately calls for a name and address for a signing manager or member.

What are the paper rules?

The form must be legibly printed or typed on 8.5 by 11 inch paper with 1 inch margins, in black ink, with no pencil or erasable ink. Forms can be filled in online and then printed and signed, and the office wants one original.

What does it cost, and how fast is it?

The fee is $100, with $2 added when paid electronically, and online filing is available. Processing varies with the season, and the QuickStart page shows the office's current date.

What gets an application stopped?

Two things are named in the instructions: no agent, and an agent address outside New Hampshire. Either one means the application will not be processed. A name that does not agree with the home record can draw a call from the office.

What changes later?

If the LLC changes its name or its home state it must amend, on Form FLLC-2 for $35. A new agent or office goes on Form 10 for $15.

Two quick checks before signing

Before signing, the signer should check that the home annual report is filed and that the agent has agreed to serve. Both are short checks that prevent a returned form.

How we complete the LLC application

  1. Collect your answers

    Name, home state, date formed, business activity.

  2. Check the agent

    A New Hampshire resident with a street address.

  3. Check home standing

    Article seventh must be accurate when signed.

  4. Fill in the articles

    All seven, plus the optional block you choose.

  5. Send it to the signer

    For a read-through before signature.

  6. Send it in

    By QuickStart or by post, $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.

LLC application questions

Is Form FLLC-1 a registration or a certificate of authority?

The statute calls it a registration; the approval is the same.

Can I file it myself?

Yes, online or on paper. We also file it for you.

Do I attach my formation papers?

No. The form attaches nothing.

We fill in Form FLLC-1

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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  • The approved record sent to you
  • Renewal: after the first year, 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 304-C:175, registration of a foreign LLC
  6. New Hampshire QuickStart, annual report and annual fee schedule
  7. RSA 304-C:184, procedure and effect of revocation
  8. RSA 304-C:177, names, registered office and agent
  9. New Hampshire Form 40, foreign for-profit corporation certificate of authority, and its notes
  10. New Hampshire Secretary of State, business FAQs
  11. RSA 304-C:178, amendments to the application

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