Minnesota

Foreign registration · Form 0012

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Oklahoma

To do business in Oklahoma, a corporation formed in Minnesota registers there on Form 0012, with $312 in state fees. Oklahoma may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Filing Department from your Minnesota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Minnesota and Oklahoma each ask for

	Minnesota formed here	Oklahoma registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Form 0012, Certificate of Qualification (Foreign Corporation)
State fee	$5	$312 at order (filing fee $300 plus charges collected at filing)
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 Oklahoma
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department
Official page	sos.mn.gov	sos.ok.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Certificate, $10, every year
Due	December 31	On the anniversary of the foreign corporation's qualification in Oklahoma, every year
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Oklahoma registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Oklahoma

We prepare and file Form 0012
It lists us as your Oklahoma registered agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date. If Oklahoma wants the Minnesota certificate, it is ordered first. Once Oklahoma approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

Your Minnesota name and Oklahoma's rules

We check your exact Minnesota name against Oklahoma's records before filing.

Agents: Oklahoma and Minnesota

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

Yearly filings: Oklahoma and Minnesota

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($10). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Oklahoma comes to $159 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Oklahoma

An LLC formed in Minnesota files Form 0081 with Oklahoma ($312 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Oklahoma into Minnesota

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

Common questions: Minnesota to Oklahoma

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Oklahoma?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Oklahoma calls it qualification for Minnesota corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Oklahoma registration cost?

$511 at checkout; Oklahoma may also want Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Oklahoma?

$159 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $10 to Oklahoma for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Oklahoma?

A Minnesota company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Oklahoma can add a penalty of $25 a day, up to $500 a year, a civil penalty of up to $500 and a fine of at least $200.

Does Oklahoma require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Oklahoma corporation instead?

Yes, but Minnesota keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Oklahoma yearly report, and the original keeps Minnesota's Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Oklahoma later?

Minnesota companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal (Foreign Corporation); until then, Oklahoma's report stays due alongside Minnesota's filings.

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