Minnesota

Alaska

Foreign registration · Form 08-414

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Alaska

Alaska registers a corporation from Minnesota as a foreign corporation on Form 08-414, with $350 in state fees. Alaska may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing using your Minnesota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Minnesota and Alaska each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Alaska registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form 08-414, Certificate of Authority, Foreign Business Corporation
State fee	$5	$350 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed with Alaska
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Official page	sos.mn.gov	commerce.alaska.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Biennial Report, $200, every two years
Due	December 31	January 2 of the filing year
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Online processing: online filings post as soon as they are paid
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Alaska registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Alaska

We prepare and file Form 08-414
It lists us as your Alaska registered agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date. If Alaska wants the Minnesota certificate, it is ordered first. Once Alaska approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Will your Minnesota name work for Alaska?

We search Alaska's records for Minnesota's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Alaska and Minnesota

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

Yearly filings: Alaska and Minnesota

Minnesota wants the Annual Renewal every year (no fee); Alaska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($200). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Alaska

An LLC formed in Minnesota files Form 08-0497 with Alaska ($350 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Alaska's Biennial Report ($200). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Alaska into Minnesota

A corporation formed in Alaska that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $220 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Minnesota to Alaska

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Alaska?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Alaska issues one to Minnesota corporations once the form is approved.

How much does it cost to register a Minnesota corporation in Alaska?

$549 at checkout; Alaska may also want Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Alaska registration take?

Alaska says online filings post as soon as they are paid, plus time for Minnesota's certificate if Alaska asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Alaska?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Minnesota's report (no fee) and Alaska's report ($200, every two years).

Does Alaska require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Alaska corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alaska's Biennial Report ($100), and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Alaska later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing Form 08-502; until then, Alaska's report stays due alongside Minnesota's filings.

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