Alaska

Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Alaska Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

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

Alaska and Pennsylvania side by side

	Alaska formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Alaska Certificate of Compliance (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 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 online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	commerce.alaska.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Report, $100, every two years	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	January 2 of the filing year	June 30
Agent	Your Alaska registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Alaska companies register with Pennsylvania

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

Will your Alaska name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Alaska 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 Alaska name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Agents: Pennsylvania and Alaska

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Alaska

Alaska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($100); Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alaska to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Alaska files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Alaska's Biennial Report ($100) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Alaska

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

Common questions: Alaska to Pennsylvania

Does my Alaska company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Alaska.

Do I need Alaska's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Alaska and Pennsylvania?

Our registered office renewal ($149 a year), Alaska's report ($100, every two years) and Pennsylvania's report ($7).

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Alaska 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 Alaska keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Alaska's Biennial Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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