Connecticut Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from Connecticut as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Connecticut's Certificate of Legal Existence ($80). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Connecticut records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Connecticut vs Alabama: the paperwork

	Connecticut formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$80	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Connecticut: online, with an express version, or by mail	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	business.ct.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $150, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	Anniversary date of the filing of the first annual report
Agent	Your Connecticut registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Connecticut companies register with Alabama

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

Your Connecticut name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Connecticut

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Connecticut

Connecticut wants the Annual Report every year ($150); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Connecticut to Alabama

An LLC formed in Connecticut files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Connecticut's Annual Report ($80) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Connecticut

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Connecticut files Connecticut's registration (no form number) with $385 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Connecticut to Alabama

Does my Connecticut company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register a Connecticut corporation in Alabama?

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want Connecticut's Certificate of Legal Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Connecticut and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Connecticut's report ($150) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Connecticut name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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