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Foreign registration · no form number

Arizona Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from Arizona as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Arizona's Certificate of Good Standing ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Arizona records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Arizona and Alabama each ask for

	Arizona formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Arizona Certificate of Good Standing	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	Arizona: online as a PDF through the Arizona Business Center, by mail or in person	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	ecorp.azcc.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure, $45, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	Anniversary date of incorporation
Agent	Your Arizona statutory agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Arizona to Alabama, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Alabama registered agent, with your Arizona name and formation date. If Alabama wants the Arizona certificate, it is ordered first. Once Alabama approves it, the Arizona company can do business there.

Will your Arizona name work for Alabama?

If another Alabama company uses the Arizona name, an alternate name is allowed. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: Alabama and Arizona

Alabama calls it a registered agent; Arizona says statutory agent. Your current statutory agent stays for Arizona; ours takes Alabama's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Alabama and Arizona

Arizona wants the Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure every year ($45); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Arizona to Alabama

An LLC formed in Arizona files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Arizona

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Arizona files Form C018 with $178.85 in state fees and a $35 required expedite. See that filing.

Questions Arizona owners ask about Alabama

Does my Arizona company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want Arizona's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Arizona and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Arizona's report ($45) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Arizona name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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