Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Alabama Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

A corporation formed in Alabama that wants to do business in New Jersey files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Alabama's Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury from your Alabama records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Alabama vs New Jersey: the paperwork

	Alabama formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due		Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

How Alabama companies register with New Jersey

Order the Alabama certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Alabama separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. New Jersey wants the Alabama certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Jersey registered agent, with your Alabama name and formation date and the certificate attached. Alabama issues the certificate instantly, so the New Jersey filing can go in the same day. Once New Jersey approves it, the Alabama company can do business there.

First-year cost, Alabama to New Jersey

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Existence, paid to Alabama	$25
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Alabama certificate included	$324

Will your Alabama name work for New Jersey?

If another New Jersey company uses the Alabama name, an alternate name is allowed. We search New Jersey's records for Alabama's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Alabama one

Alabama and New Jersey both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Alabama; ours takes New Jersey's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Alabama and New Jersey

Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year; New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Alabama files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Jersey into Alabama

A corporation formed in New Jersey that registers with Alabama files Alabama's registration (no form number) with $184 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Alabama to New Jersey

Does my Alabama company need to register in New Jersey?

Yes, once an Alabama business operates there; New Jersey registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

New Jersey calls it registration for Alabama corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the New Jersey registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $25 to Alabama for the Certificate of Existence, $324 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Alabama's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants Alabama's Certificate of Existence ($25), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and New Jersey?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and New Jersey's report ($75).

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge an Alabama company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

Yes: the Alabama registered agent stays, and ours covers New Jersey for year one.

Will New Jersey accept my Alabama name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Alabama name at home.

Can I form a new New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Alabama keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT).

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