Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: a dissolved New Jersey corporation reinstates by filing No formally named certificate filed by the corporation; reinstatement occurs by proclamation of the State Treasurer after the corporation completes the online reinstatement service (filing delinquent Annual Reports) and, if required, obtains a Tax Clearance Certificate under N.J.S. 14A:4-5(7), as amended by P.L. 2019, c.149 (N.J. Business Corporation Act), with no statutory deadline to do it.
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The filing, and what New Jersey calls it
A revoked domestic corporation’s certificate of incorporation shall be reinstated by proclamation of the State Treasurer upon (a) payment of a reinstatement filing fee, tax clearance filing fee, current annual report fee, and all delinquent annual report fees, and (b), only if reinstatement is requested two or more years after revocation, certification from the Division of Taxation that no cause for revocation exists. Filing begins through the state’s online reinstatement service.
How long you have to reinstate
New Jersey sets no deadline for reinstating a dissolved corporation. No maximum time limit for filing a reinstatement is stated; the only time-based trigger is that a Division of Taxation no-cause-exists certification becomes an added requirement if reinstatement is requested two or more years after revocation, but this is a condition, not a bar to reinstating. That does not mean waiting is free; back fees and penalties keep accruing the whole time the entity sits dissolved. (N.J.S. 14A:4-5(7))
What you must pay before it goes through
New Jersey will not reinstate the corporation until every year it sat delinquent is paid for. Required before reinstatement: a $75.00 reinstatement filing fee, a $20.00 tax clearance filing fee, the current annual report fee ($75.00), and all delinquent annual report fees. A Division of Taxation tax-clearance certification is additionally required if requested 2+ years after revocation. (N.J.S. 14A:4-5(7), 14A:15-2(6))
Whether your name is still yours
Your original name is not guaranteed to still be yours. If the corporate name has become unavailable during the period of revocation, the State Treasurer will issue the reinstatement only after the corporation files an amendment to its certificate of incorporation changing its name to an available one. Check New Jersey’s business-name database before assuming the reinstatement filing will go through under the old name. (N.J.S. 14A:4-5(7))
What the filing costs
$75 reinstatement filing fee + $20 tax clearance filing fee (when required) + $75 current annual report fee + all delinquent annual report fees; no single flat total.
What this page does not answer
Reinstating the entity at the state level and squaring things up with the IRS are two separate processes. Late federal returns, penalty abatement requests, and reinstating a lapsed EIN’s associated accounts are governed by federal law, not by New Jersey’s corporation statute, and this page does not source them. We have the state-filing answer at primary and the federal-cleanup answer not at all.
This page covers a for-profit business corporation. If you are reinstating an LLC in New Jersey instead, the filing, fee and statute are different: see reinstating an LLC in New Jersey.
Sources
Every citation on this page is statutory or the Secretary of State’s own official filing instructions. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law; those are the only publishers of the competing versions.
- P.L. 2019, c.149 (A5607), official published New Jersey session law amending N.J.S. 14A:4-5 and 14A:15-2: https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2018/AL19/149_.HTM
- NJ Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services: official Reinstate a Revoked or Voided Business page: https://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/reinstate.shtml