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Foreign registration · no form number

Alaska Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

A corporation formed in Alaska that wants to do business in Alabama files an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Alaska's Certificate of Compliance ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Alaska records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Alaska and Alabama side by side

	Alaska formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Alaska Certificate of Compliance	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$10	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Alaska: online or by mail, usually in 10 to 15 business days and longer from October to February	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	commerce.alaska.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Report, $100, every two years	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	January 2 of the filing year
Agent	Your Alaska registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Alaska companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Alaska name and formation date. If Alabama wants the Alaska certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Alaska corporation is registered with Alabama.

Will your Alaska name work for Alabama?

If Alabama's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Alaska company. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: Alabama and Alaska

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Alaska

Alaska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($100); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Alaska to Alabama

An LLC formed in Alaska files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Alaska's Biennial Report ($100) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Alaska

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Alaska files Form 08-414 with $350 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Alaska to Alabama

Does my Alaska company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want Alaska's Certificate of Compliance, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Alaska and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alaska's report ($100, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

Yes: the Alaska registered agent stays, and ours covers Alabama for year one, with a street address there.

Will Alabama accept my Alaska name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

Alaska companies leave by filing a Foreign Corporation Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Alabama's report stays due alongside Alaska's filings.

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