Alabama

Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Alabama Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers a corporation from Alabama as a foreign corporation on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Alabama: no Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Alabama records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

Alabama vs Pennsylvania: the paperwork

	Alabama formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$25	$250 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due		June 30
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Alabama to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your Alabama name and formation date. No Alabama paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Alabama company can do business there.

Will your Alabama name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Alabama name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We check your exact Alabama name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Alabama one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Alabama says registered agent. Pennsylvania papers come to us; Alabama's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Alabama

Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year; Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Alabama files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into Alabama

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

Questions Alabama owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Alabama company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register an Alabama corporation in Pennsylvania?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Alabama.

Do I need Alabama's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and Pennsylvania?

Our registered office renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and Pennsylvania's report ($7).

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Alabama name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but Alabama keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT).

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Alabama companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Alabama's filings.

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