How to Get a Copy of Your NJ Annual Report: Cost, Speed, and Mail Option

To get a copy of your NJ annual report, use the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DRES) Business Records Service portal. Copies run $0.10 per page and are delivered electronically, usually within 30 minutes of ordering. If you need the copy certified for a court, bank, or agency, add $25 per document for corporations, nonprofits, and limited partnerships, or $50 per document for LLCs.¹

What to Have Ready Before You Order

The state locates your filings by a 10-digit Entity ID, assigned by DRES when your business was formed or authorized to operate in New Jersey.² It appears on your original Certificate of Formation or Certificate of Authority.³ It is not the same as your federal EIN, which has nine digits. The state’s system will not accept the EIN in place of the Entity ID.

If you don’t have the number, look it up for free through the state’s Business Name Search tool. Search by the exact legal name on file, not a trade name or DBA, or you may pull up the wrong entity.⁴

Two more things to settle before you start. First, decide whether you need a plain copy or a certified one. A plain copy is fine for internal records or general reference. A certified copy carries the state seal and is what courts, lenders, and government agencies usually require. Second, know which year’s report you need. The portal stores your full filing history, so you can pull older reports as well as the most recent one.

One thing worth checking before you order a full copy: if you only need a snapshot of the business — its status, formation date, registered agent, and filing history — a status report through the same portal is usually enough and faster.³ You want the actual filed annual report when someone needs to see exactly what was reported in a specific year, such as for due diligence, litigation, or a loan file.

Ordering Through the Business Records Service

Go to the DRES Business Records Service portal, which handles public document requests for New Jersey business entities.⁵ Choose the option for Business Entity Documents.³

Enter your 10-digit Entity ID or the business name. The system returns the entity’s filing history. Scroll to the annual report for the year you need, select it, and add it to your order. You can include more than one document in a single transaction.

Pay at checkout by credit card or electronic check. The system displays all applicable fees before you finalize.³ After payment, a confirmation page provides a download link. Most orders are ready within 30 minutes, though some may take up to 24 hours; if yours isn’t immediately available, a second email arrives when it is.

Everything ordered online is delivered electronically. Nothing is mailed. Your documents remain available for download for 30 days, so save them to your own computer or cloud storage while the link is live.

If You Filed Recently Through the Annual Reports Service

If you filed your annual report yourself online, you can download a copy directly from the Annual Reports Service site for up to 90 days after filing. After that window closes, use the Business Records Service instead.

What the Copy Will Cost

The copy fee is $0.10 per page.¹ Because the total depends on the length of the document, you won’t see the exact charge until you place the order. Annual reports tend to be short, so the per-page cost is small.

Certification adds a flat fee per document:

Corporations, nonprofits, and limited partnerships: $25 per document
LLCs: $50 per document

Certification fees are on top of the per-page copying charge.¹ If the office searches and finds no matching entity, you receive a No Record Certificate instead, at $25 per name searched, or $50 for LLCs.

The per-page copy fee is separate from the $75 fee to file an annual report. That filing fee only applies when you’re submitting a new report, not when you’re requesting a copy of one already on file.⁶

If You Need It Faster

Standard turnaround is usually quick enough that expedited service is unnecessary. When a deadline forces the issue, DRES offers tiered surcharges on top of the regular fees:⁷

8.5 business hours: $15 surcharge for one to three annual report copies, scaling up to $30 for ten copies
Same-day service for LLC-related requests: $50 per transaction
Two-business-hour service: $500 per transaction
One-business-hour service: $1,000 per transaction

The two-hour and one-hour tiers exist for closings and court deadlines, and the fees reflect that.

Requesting a Copy by Mail

You can mail a written request instead of ordering online. Send it to:

New Jersey Department of the Treasury
Division of Revenue / Corporate Filing Unit
PO Box 308
Trenton, NJ 08646-0308

Payment can be made by check or money order made payable to Treasurer, State of NJ, or by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, or Discover). Since the total page count may not be known in advance, you can write “not to exceed” and a dollar limit on your check.¹ Include a self-addressed return envelope. Mail-in orders are returned by regular mail.

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Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services. Copies of Business Entity Documents Including Copies of Annual Reports
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Business.NJ.gov. Register Your Business
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Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services. Business Records Online Service Help
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New Jersey Government Services. Business Name Search
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NJ Department of the Treasury. Business Record Service
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Business.NJ.gov. Taxes and Annual Report
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Cornell University Legal Information Institute. New Jersey Administrative Code 17:35-1.4 – Fees for Expedited Service