New Jersey Foreign qualification
Quick answer
Before doing business in New Jersey.
LLC / Fee
$100
LLC / Timing
Before doing business in New Jersey.
LLC / Required documents
Application for a certificate of authority.
LLC / Penalties for operating without registration
Cannot maintain a New Jersey action until authorized; $200 per year or part thereof without authority and possible Attorney General injunction.
Last verified Oct 25, 2026
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LLCs
Timing
Before doing business in New Jersey.
Last verified Oct 25, 2026 — source and quotation
Before doing business in this State, a foreign limited liability company shall obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this State.
Official sourceRequired documents
Application for a certificate of authority.
Last verified Oct 25, 2026 — source and quotation
A foreign limited liability company may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State by delivering an application to the filing office for filing.
Official sourcePenalties for operating without registration
Cannot maintain a New Jersey action until authorized; $200 per year or part thereof without authority and possible Attorney General injunction.
Last verified Oct 25, 2026 — source and quotation
A foreign limited liability company transacting business in this State may not maintain an action or proceeding in this State unless it has a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. … The Attorney General of the State of New Jersey may maintain an action to enjoin a foreign limited liability company from transacting business in this State in violation of this act. … shall be fined and shall pay to the State Treasurer $200 for each year or part thereof during which the foreign limited liability company failed to obtain a certificate of authority.
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What does it cost?
LLCs
Fee
$100
Last verified Oct 25, 2026 — source and quotation
(10) Upon the receipt for filing of an application for certificate of authority as a foreign limited liability company under section 58 of this act, a fee in the amount of $100, and for a certificate of cancellation under section 64 of this act, a fee in the amount of $125.Official source
Corporations
Fee
$100
Last verified Oct 25, 2026 — source and quotation
(4) Admission and withdrawal of foreign corporation: (a) for filing an application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State and issuing a certificate of authority...... $100.00.Official source
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Last verified Oct 25, 2026. Each quotation supports the corresponding published value.
$100
$100
(10) Upon the receipt for filing of an application for certificate of authority as a foreign limited liability company under section 58 of this act, a fee in the amount of $100, and for a certificate of cancellation under section 64 of this act, a fee in the amount of $125.Official source
Last verified Oct 25, 2026
Before doing business in New Jersey.
Before doing business in New Jersey.
Before doing business in this State, a foreign limited liability company shall obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this State.Official source
Last verified Oct 25, 2026
Application for a certificate of authority.
Application for a certificate of authority.
A foreign limited liability company may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State by delivering an application to the filing office for filing.Official source
Last verified Oct 25, 2026
Cannot maintain a New Jersey action until authorized; $200 per year or part thereof without authority and possible Attorney General injunction.
Cannot maintain a New Jersey action until authorized; $200 per year or part thereof without authority and possible Attorney General injunction.
A foreign limited liability company transacting business in this State may not maintain an action or proceeding in this State unless it has a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. … The Attorney General of the State of New Jersey may maintain an action to enjoin a foreign limited liability company from transacting business in this State in violation of this act. … shall be fined and shall pay to the State Treasurer $200 for each year or part thereof during which the foreign limited liability company failed to obtain a certificate of authority.Official source
Last verified Oct 25, 2026
$100
$100
(4) Admission and withdrawal of foreign corporation: (a) for filing an application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State and issuing a certificate of authority...... $100.00.Official source
Last verified Oct 25, 2026
Not yet verified: corporations: timing, corporations: required documents, corporations: penalties for operating without registration — see the official agency.
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