Step-by-step foreign qualification requirements, fees, and filing instructions for Florida LLCs expanding into New York.
Before filing, verify that your LLC name (or a distinguishable variation) is available in New York. If your exact name is already taken, you may need to register under a fictitious or assumed name.
Search New York business names ↗New York requires a Certificate of Status from Florida to prove your LLC is in good standing. The fee is $5. Available to order online. No expiration printed on the certificate itself. When Florida is the destination for a foreign qualification, the home-state certificate of existence must be no more than 90 days old..
Order from Florida ↗Submit your application along with the Certificate of Status and the $250 filing fee. Processing time is New York publishes no turnaround for ordinary processing of this filing. The Division of Corporations publishes only the times it sells: 24 hours, same day or two hours, each per document. Budget separately for publication, which reaches foreign LLCs as well as domestic ones: a copy of the application or a notice of its substance must run once a week for six successive weeks in two county-designated newspapers, followed by a $50 Certificate of Publication, and failure within 120 days suspends the LLC's authority to do business.. Expedited processing available for $25 per document for processing within 24 hours, $75 per document for the same day, or $150 per document within two hours. Charged per document, so a filer submitting two instruments pays it twice, and counted from receipt of the request rather than from posting..
New York filing portal ↗You must designate a registered agent with a physical address in New York to accept legal documents on behalf of your LLC. This is required as part of the foreign qualification application.
Already operating in New York without registering? Our guide to what New York charges unregistered LLCs covers fines, back fees, and court access.
Under NY LLC Law Section 803. New York's list is only 4 items, the shortest in the country. It has NO isolated-transaction carve-out, NO order-solicitation carve-out, NO independent-contractor carve-out and NO property-ownership carve-out. Subdivision (b) disclaims service of process only and says nothing about taxation. Do not assume the standard uniform-act carve-outs apply in New York.
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify all fees and requirements with the New York Secretary of State before filing.