Iowa Foreign Registration / Corporations

Iowa Form 635_0110A, the foreign profit corporation registration statement

A business corporation from another state registers in Iowa on Form 635_0110A, the Foreign Registration Statement for a foreign profit corporation, and the fee is $100. The 7/22 revision has ten numbered items and seven notes. The corporation's biennial report which falls in even-numbered years and costs $60.

Corporation form in brief

Form: 635_0110A, 7/22 revision
Title: Registration Statement, Foreign Profit Corporation
Fee: $100; checks are made payable to Secretary of State
Enclose: A certificate of existence from the home records office, dated within 90 days of the application
Size: 10 numbered items
Later: A report in each even-numbered year, January 1 to April 1, $60

Item by item

Item	What it asks
1 and 1A	The corporation's legal name, and any other name it will carry in Iowa
2	The jurisdiction under whose law it is incorporated
3	Its date of incorporation
4	How long the corporation is to last
5	Where the corporation is run from, by street and mailing address
6	Street and mailing addresses of any office the home law requires
7	The registered agent at the Iowa registered office, with addresses
8	Names and business addresses of current directors and officers
9	The enclosed certificate of existence
10	A signature with printed name and title

The Code's own list is shorter than the form's, with five statements, but the form adds the duration and the name for Iowa. In summary the Code requires the corporate name (and an alternate name if needed), the jurisdiction of formation, the principal office and any office required at home, the registered office in Iowa and its agent, and the names and business addresses of its directors and principal officers.

Signing and copies

Per the form's notes, the chairperson of the board, the president or another officer signs; if directors have not been chosen an incorporator signs; if the corporation is in the hands of a court-appointed fiduciary the fiduciary signs; a copy of a signature is acceptable and verification is not required. One copy of the document is delivered to the Secretary of State, and the information on the form is open to public inspection under Iowa Code chapter 22. For timing, the effective time is the later of the time of filing, the time stated in the document on the filing date, or a time and date stated in the document that is not more than 90 days after filing.

The name note

Note 6 handles names: A corporation whose name does not meet section 401 of the Iowa Business Corporation Act can add "corporation", "incorporated", "company", "limited", "corp.", "inc.", "co." or "ltd." or choose a compliant, available name for Iowa. A corporation unable to use its real name chooses a compliant, available alternative for Iowa and enters it in item 1A.

Directors and officers

The corporation form lists directors and officers in item 8, and the Code requires their names and business addresses. The LLC statement has no such line. The later biennial report asks for a slightly different set, the president, secretary, treasurer and one director, so keep the two lists consistent.

The enclosure

Item 9 refers to a paper that sits behind the form: a certificate of existence, or an equivalent, vouched for by whoever holds corporate records in the company's home jurisdiction. The date must fall within 90 days before the application, which the Code measures against the day the state files.

The Iowa registered office

A corporation keeps a registered office and an agent in Iowa. In the Code's words, a corporation keeps a registered office, which may be the same as a place of business, and a registered agent who is an Iowa-resident individual with a business office identical to the registered office, or a corporation or eligible entity whose business office is identical to it. Changing either takes a signed statement with the new agent's written consent, and it can ride on the biennial report.

Mail, not the portal

The corporation registration is not a Fast Track filing. Plan to mail the form and certificate to the Business Services Division with a check to the Secretary of State. Expedited handling remains available at $50 or $15, asked for in person or through the upload on Fast Track.

The even-year report

A profit corporation reports between January 1 and April 1 of each even-numbered year, starting with the first even-numbered year after it registered. The fee is $60, twice the LLC's online amount. The report names the president, secretary, treasurer and one director, plus the registered office and agent.

Amending and leaving

The amended statement costs $100 and is needed after a change of name or alternate name, of jurisdiction of formation, or of an address required in the statement. To leave, the corporation files a statement of withdrawal for $10.

How we prepare Form 635_0110A

You send the details
Name, incorporation date, duration, offices, agent, directors and officers.
We date the certificate
Inside the 90 day window.
We fill in the ten items
You read the draft first.
We submit it
With the $100 fee, by mail or in person.

Corporation questions

What does Form 635_0110A cost?

$100, paid by check to the Secretary of State.

Who signs for the corporation?

A board chair, the president or another officer; an incorporator if directors are not yet chosen; a court-appointed fiduciary if there is one.

When is the first report?

Between January 1 and April 1 of the first even-numbered year after the corporation registered.

We prepare Form 635_0110A

Our charge and the state's fee

Register my LLC in Iowa

+ $100 Iowa filing fee

The Iowa Limited Liability Company Foreign Registration Statement (Form 635_0010), drafted from what you tell us
A home-state certificate ordered so its date falls inside Iowa's ninety-day window
An Iowa registered agent located here: ours, or the one you use today
The filing submitted, the state's record returned to you, and your first biennial report window marked
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

$199

Iowa

Our charge and the Iowa fee appear as separate lines at checkout. $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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