Indiana Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

To do business in Alabama, a corporation formed in Indiana registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Indiana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Indiana and Alabama each ask for

	Indiana formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$15	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the corporation's anniversary month, every 2 years
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Indiana to Alabama, step by step

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

Will your Indiana name work for Alabama?

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

Your Alabama agent and the Indiana one

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

Staying in good standing in Indiana and Alabama

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to Alabama

An LLC formed in Indiana files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Questions Indiana owners ask about Alabama

Does my Indiana company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Indiana name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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