Georgia Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from Georgia as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Georgia's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Georgia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Georgia vs Alabama: the paperwork

	Georgia formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence	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	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	April 1
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Georgia companies register with Alabama

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

Will your Georgia name work for Alabama?

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

Your Alabama agent and the Georgia one

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Georgia

Georgia wants the Annual Registration every year ($60); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to Alabama

An LLC formed in Georgia files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Questions Georgia owners ask about Alabama

Does my Georgia company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Georgia's report ($60) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Georgia name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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