New Hampshire — statewide
New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
In short
New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division issues 3 permits we publish for New Hampshire — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Reportonly if it applies to you | New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division | $100 a year; a late fee of $50 is added after 1 April | annual — due 1 April every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Certificate of Formation (LLC)only if it applies to you | New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division | $100 one-time filing; a $2 handling charge applies to any electronic filing | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
| Articles of Incorporationonly if it applies to you | New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division | $100 one-time filing; a $2 handling charge applies to any electronic filing | perpetual, but an annual report is due every year | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Annual Report
A hundred dollars a year, with every entity sharing the same 1 April deadline rather than an individual anniversary. The consequence of missing it escalates in two clear steps: immediately falling out of good standing on 2 April, then, after two consecutive years of non-filing, administrative dissolution for a domestic entity or administrative suspension for a foreign one. The $50 late fee itself cannot be waived.
Certificate of Formation (LLC)
Per the Secretary of State's LLC forms and fees page, Form LLC-1 (Certificate of Formation) is $100, the same as a corporation, and under RSA 5:10-a every fee received electronically carries an additional $2.00 handling charge, so an online filing costs $102. An annual report is then due every year.
Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation, on the Secretary of State's Form 11, are filed with its Corporation Division by a business that chooses to incorporate, either online through NH QuickStart or as one signed paper original mailed to the division. The fee is $100, the same as an LLC's certificate of formation, and any fee received electronically carries the additional $2 handling charge set by RSA 5:10-a; a faster turnaround is available in person at the division's customer lobby for a further $25. The corporation must appoint and maintain a registered agent, and from the year after it registers it files a $100 annual report by 1 April every year — a report received later costs an extra $50 that cannot be waived, and two consecutive years without filing lead to administrative dissolution.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- New Hampshire — statewide
- Phone
- (603) 271-3246
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- New Hampshire Secretary of State — business FAQ, the annual report deadline and penaltiesNew Hampshire Department of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- New Hampshire Secretary of State — corporation articles of incorporation feeNew Hampshire Department of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- New Hampshire Secretary of State — LLC certificate of formation feeNew Hampshire Department of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other New Hampshire statewide offices
- New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
- New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Food Protection Section
- New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration
- New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles
- New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care Licensing Unit
New Hampshire jurisdictions
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