How to form a New Hampshire PLLC

How do you form a New Hampshire PLLC?

1. 1

   Confirm every member is a qualified person

   Members may only be natural persons authorised to render the professional services in the certificate of formation, or professional LLCs, general partnerships and professional corporations made up of qualified persons. A licensing authority may further restrict membership by rule, and services in New Hampshire may be rendered only through persons its licensing authority permits.

   Source: RSA 304-D:7 · RSA 304-D:5

2. 2

   End the name with a professional designator

   The name must end with "professional limited liability company" or "P.L.L.C." or a similar abbreviation, must not imply a purpose outside the certificate of formation, and must conform to any rule of the profession's licensing authority.

   Source: RSA 304-D:6 · Form PLLC-1 instructions, step 2

3. 3

   File Form PLLC-1 with the Corporation Division

   File Form PLLC-1 online or by mail with the Corporation Division and pay the filing fee set by the state. Article Second must describe the professional services, including necessary related services; the Division does not accept a general clause such as "any lawful activity". The form also states whether management is vested in managers.

   Have LLCity prepare and file it ›

   Source: Form PLLC-1 and instructions · NH SOS Limited Liability Companies forms

4. 4

   Name a New Hampshire registered agent

   The PLLC must maintain a registered office in New Hampshire and a registered agent: a resident individual, or a qualifying corporation, LLC, PLLC or LLP, whose office is identical with the registered office. The form requires a street address and rejects an out-of-state address.

   What New Hampshire requires of your agent, and how we serve as it ›

   Source: RSA 304-C:36 · RSA 304-D:20 · Form PLLC-1 instructions, step 5

5. 5

   File the annual report between January 1 and April 1

   Deliver the annual report to the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1, starting the year after formation (a PLLC formed between December 1 and April 1 skips that year). A PLLC's report must state that all members and managers are qualified persons. It can be filed online through QuickStart.

   Source: RSA 304-C:194 · RSA 304-D:19 · NH SOS Limited Liability Companies forms

Steps checked against the sources linked under each one on 12 November 2026.

The New Hampshire professional LLC

Does a licensing board have to approve the filing?

The Corporation Division's Form PLLC-1 does not call for a licensing-authority certificate: its nine steps to avoid rejection cover legibility, the name ending, the optional principal-office information, a descriptive statement of the professional service, a New Hampshire registered agent and street-address office, the management statement, the signature, the fee and optional additional matters. RSA 304-D:7 II lets a licensing authority further restrict or condition membership by its own rule.

Which occupations does New Hampshire say must use a PLLC?

An enumerated list with a statutory catch-all. RSA 304-D:1 VI: any service which may lawfully be rendered only by certified public accountants, public accountants, architects, attorneys, podiatrists, chiropractors, dentists, pharmacists, professional engineers, land surveyors, registered professional nurses, optometrists, physicians and surgeons, psychologists, veterinarians, and all other professionals licensed, registered, certified or otherwise authorised to practise independently under RSA 309-B, 310-A, 311, 315, 316-A, 317-A, 318, 326-B, 327, 329, 329-B, 330-A or 332-B. RSA 294-A:1 VI is the same list for corporations, adding physician associates (RSA 328-D). RSA 304-D:2 limits a PLLC to a single profession unless the licensing laws permit the combination.

New Hampshire also offers a corporation under a professional statute

A practice choosing between the two forms is choosing between these rules and the ones above.

Does the agent requirement differ from an ordinary New Hampshire LLC’s?

No. New Hampshire sets no separate agent requirement for a professional entity — it is the same requirement an ordinary New Hampshire LLC files under.

What else New Hampshire requires

New Hampshire keeps the professional forms separate: PLLC-1 (domestic PLLC), FPLLC-1 (foreign PLLC registration), D-1A-PLLC (domestication, filed with PLLC-1) and 11PC (professional corporation). The Division will reject a PLLC purpose clause such as 'any lawful activity'; the certificate must describe the professional service. Membership is limited to natural persons authorised in New Hampshire, any other state or territory, the District of Columbia or any foreign country, professional LLCs, general partnerships of qualified persons and professional corporations (RSA 304-D:7 I). The registered-agent rule is the ordinary LLC rule (RSA 304-C:36). A PLLC's annual report must state that all members and managers are qualified persons (RSA 304-D:19).