INSTRUCTIONS
If the document is incorrect, provide contact information where can you be reached for corrections:
Note: Complete and submit the application in duplicate.
This application must be accompanied by a certicate of existence (or goodstanding), dated within 90 days
from the date of ling with this ofce. A certied copy of the articles of incorporation or a certicate of tax status
will NOT be accepted.
• Lines 1 & 2 - Enter the name of the corporation exactly as it reads from the certificate of existence from the domestic state.
Complete item 2 only if: (1) the corporation must adopt an alternate name to avoid a conflict with an existing name on the records of the
Secretary of State, or (2) the corporation’s true name does not include one of the words of incorporation required by section 30-21-302,
Idaho Code, and such word is added to the true name in item 2. A corporate name must include corporation, incorporated, company,
limited, or any abbreviation thereof.
• Line 3 - Select the type of entity you wish to register in Idaho. If your entity type is not listed, select “other” and print the domestic entity
type in the space provided.
• Line 4 - Enter the domestic state.
• Line 5 - Enter the street address of its principal office. Enter the mailing address if it is different from the street address.
• Line 6 - If required by the laws of the jurisdiction of formation, enter the street and mailing addresses of the domestic principal office.
• Line 7 - Enter the address you would like future reports mailed to, if different from the address(es) in #5.
• Line 8 - Enter the name and street address of the registered agent for the corporation. A registered agent is the person designated to
receive service of process upon litigation. This person must be located in Idaho at a street address. If you do not have anyone to act as
your registered agent in Idaho you may contact the Secretary of State for a list of companies which offer such representation in Idaho.
• Line 9 - Enter the names and business addresses of the governors. Corporation: Officer or Director, LLC: Member or Manager, LP or
LLP: General Partner or Partner.
• Sign the application. Please identify the name of the signer by typing his/her name and indicate in what capacity they are signing.
• Enclose the appropriate fee (make checks payable to Idaho Secretary of State).
a. If the application is typed, the fee is $100.
b. If the application is not typed, the fee is $120.
c. If expedited service is requested, add $20 to the fee.
d. If the fees are to be paid from the filing party’s pre-paid customer account, enter the customer account number in the indicated space.
Pursuant to Idaho Code § 67-910(6), the Secretary of State’s Office may delete a business entity filing from our database if payment for
the filing is not completed.
• Mail or deliver to:
Ofce of the Secretary of State
450 N 4th Street
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0080
• If you have questions or need help, call the Secretary of State’s Ofce at (208) 334-2301.
Section 30-21-505, Idaho Code
30-21-505.ACTIVITIES NOT CONSTITUTING DOING BUSINESS. (a) Activities of a foreign ling entity or foreign limited liability partnership that
do not constitute doing business in this state under this chapter include:
(1) Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding;
(2) Carrying on any activity concerning its internal affairs, including holding meetings of its interest holders or governors;
(3) Maintaining accounts in nancial institutions;
(4) Maintaining ofces or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of securities of the entity or maintaining trustees or
depositories with respect to those securities;
(5) Selling through independent contractors;
(6) Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts;
(7) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages or security interests in property;
(8) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or security interests in property securing the debts, and holding, protecting or
maintaining property so acquired;
(9) Conducting an isolated transaction that is not in the course of similar transactions;
(10) Owning, without more, property; and
(11) Doing business in interstate commerce.
(b) A person does not do business in this state solely by being an interest holder or governor of a foreign entity that does business in this state.
(c) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign ling entity or foreign limited liability partner-
ship to service of process, taxation or regulation under the law of this state other than this act.
