Alaska

Foreign registration · no form number

Alaska Corporation Foreign Registration in Delaware

Delaware registers a corporation from Alaska as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $245 in state fees. Delaware may ask for Alaska's Certificate of Compliance ($10). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations using your Alaska records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Alaska and Delaware each ask for

	Alaska formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Alaska Certificate of Compliance	Qualification Certificate of a Foreign Corporation (no form number)
State fee	$10	$245 at order
How it is handled	Alaska: online or by mail, usually in 10 to 15 business days and longer from October to February	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	commerce.alaska.gov	corp.delaware.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Report, $100, every two years	Foreign Corporation Annual Report, $125, every year
Due	January 2 of the filing year	June 30
Late yearly filing	$37.50 late fee	$125 late fee
Agent	Your Alaska registered agent	Our Delaware registered agent

From Alaska to Delaware, step by step

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

Your Alaska name and Delaware's rules

Delaware can hold a name for 120 days for $75 before you file.

Your Delaware agent and the Alaska one

Alaska and Delaware both call it a registered agent. Delaware papers come to us; Alaska's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Delaware and Alaska

Alaska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($100); Delaware wants the Foreign Corporation Annual Report every year ($125). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alaska to Delaware

An LLC formed in Alaska files its own registration with Delaware ($200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Compliance ($10)). After that come Alaska's Biennial Report ($100) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Delaware into Alaska

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

Questions Alaska owners ask about Delaware

Does my Alaska company need to register in Delaware?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Delaware calls it qualification for Alaska corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Delaware registration cost?

$444 at checkout; Delaware may also want Alaska's Certificate of Compliance, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Alaska and Delaware?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alaska's report ($100, every two years) and Delaware's report ($125).

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Delaware corporation instead?

Yes, but Alaska keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report ($50), and the original keeps Alaska's Biennial Report.

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

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

What does a Delaware company file to register in Alaska?

It files Form 08-414 with $350 in state fees.

Official sources

People also search

Corporation into Delaware, by home state (48)

Alaska into other states (41)

The same move for an LLC