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Foreign qualification

Registering a company in a second state where it does business; "foreign" here means from another state, not another country.

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The detail

What it means in practice.

A Wyoming LLC that opens an office in Texas has to register in Texas as a foreign LLC, appoint a Texas registered agent and file Texas's reports. Selling to customers in a state doesn't usually require it on its own; a physical presence usually does. It's why we suggest forming in the state where the business will physically be, if it will be anywhere.

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