Who can I contact for help with my filing?
Should I file a Certificate of Amendment or a Certificate of Correction?
How long can I leave my browser open with no activity without losing my application?
What browsers are supported? How can I update my browser?
What is the service fee?
What is an Electronic Check?
How can I validate a certificate that I received?
How much do the various filings cost?
How are penalty fees applied?
How can I go back to a section of my application and make changes?
I need to file a change to my business/amend articles of my certificate, how do I do that?
When will my amendment/filing be reflected with the State of New Jersey?
When I fill out my business information, there are no amendment forms available for me to file. Where can I file them?
When will I receive my documents? Will I receive my documents by mail?
I forgot to download my documents, can I still retrieve them?
What happens if I don’t finish my application and close my browser?
What if my PC crashes while I’m working on my application?
Where can I find the FAQ for Mergers and Consolidations?
A Certificate of Amendment should be filed if you are materially changing an item from a previous document. For example, your business has moved, and you have a new address.
A Certificate of Correction should be filed if there was a mistake made on the initial filing of a previous document. For example, if you are correcting a typo in an officer name or a business address.
For security purposes, after 30 minutes of inactivity all information will be lost.
The New Jersey Information Division of NICUSA, Inc. (NICUSA-NJ), an electronic government partner with the State, will process your payment through an upgraded and secure payment gateway. NICUSA-NJ will remit to the State of New Jersey all payments and amounts owed to the State.
The online charge processed through NICUSA-NJ includes funds in excess of payments owed. NICUSA-NJ uses the excess funds solely to develop, run, maintain, enhance and expand the State’s electronic service offerings. NICUSA-NJ does not share any excess funds with the State of New Jersey.
"Electronic check" is the term for using a checking account to make payments on the Internet. A customer will be asked to enter appropriate checking account information to validate the account. The account used must have sufficient funds to cover the transaction cost.
You may validate certificates by using Validate Certificate. At this time, the following Certificates may be validated: L-102, C-102. You must wait one (1) business day for certificate validation to become available.
$100.00
$3.50 / $1.00
$75.00
$3.00 / $1.00
$50.00
$2.50 / $1.00
$10.00
$0.75 / $1.00
$50.00 + Penalty Fees(if applicable)*
$50.00 per name + Penalty Fees(if applicable)*
$25.00 per name + Penalty Fees(if applicable)*
$1.25 / $1.00
*See below question for explanation of Penalty Fees
For the Registration of Alternate Name Filings (C-150G), the Penalty Fee applied is a $50.00 for each calendar year that the alternate name has been in use prior to the current year.
For Renewal of Alternate Name Filings (C-150R), the Penalty Fee is $50.00 for LLCs & LPS and $25.00 for Corporations per year of delinquency.
There are additional Credit Card Fees based on the Statutory Fee + Penalty fee detailed in the table below. E-Check fees are always a flat $1.00 per transaction.
For applications still in progress, you can use the left-hand navigation to navigate to different sections. Just click on the section title listed to go to the section and make changes. Note: section title listed in grey are not available until you complete the previous section. You can also use the edit buttons on the Review Page to return to a previous section and make changes.
You can file changes to your business online at: http://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/amendcerts.shtml
Please allow one (1) business day for filings to be processed and updated with the State of New Jersey.
After you have successfully completed the application you will be presented with a confirmation page that provides link(s) to download your document(s).
You will need to download the documents electronically as they will not be sent to you by mail.
Yes. Your documents are available for 30 days from the purchased date. Upon successful completion of your transaction, users will receive a confirmation email that contains the link to the documents. If you do not have the email, then you may call 609-586-2600 for assistance.
All information will be lost. You will need to start over from the beginning. It is strongly recommended that you complete your application before closing your browser.
All information will be lost. You will need to start over from the beginning.
What is a Merger?
What is a Consolidation?
My Business is a Non-profit who wants to complete a merger, what business types can I merge with?
My Business is a PA who wants to complete a merger, what business types can I merge with?
My Business is a Corporation, who wants to complete a merger, what business types can I merge with?
My Business is an LLC, who wants to complete a merger, what business types can I merge with?
If I am completing a merger but want to change the surviving business’ name, can I do that?
Is a Tax Clearance Certificate needed for my merger?
Who can sign for the merger filings?
A merger is when 2 or more businesses are merging together and 1 of those existing companies will be the surviving entity.
A consolidation is when 2 or more businesses are merging together and there is a newly formed surviving entity.
Non-profit corporations can only merge with other non-profit corporations.
PA corporations can only merge with other PA’s. If you are merging with a non-authorized NJ Business, please select the FR business type.
A corporation can merge with any business type except a PA or a Non-Profit.
A LLC can merge with any business type except a PA or a Non-Profit.
Yes, as long as the new name is available you can change your business name during the merger. The name availability feature is built within the merger application.
If you are a New Jersey Authorized For-Profit Corporation (Types DP, PA, BDP, FR, DB) and you are leaving the state of New Jersey (You are merging with a Non-Authorized New Jersey Business and that Non-Authorized Business is the surviving entity of the merger) then you are required to provide a Tax Clearance Certificate in order to complete your merger filing.
For Domestic and Foreign Corporations (Profit & Non-Profit)
For Domestic and Foreign Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
For Domestic and Foreign Limited Partnerships
For Domestic and Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships
