Missouri Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from Missouri as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Missouri records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Missouri and Alabama each ask for

	Missouri formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing	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	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	sos.mo.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Corporate Registration Report, $15, 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
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Missouri to Alabama, step by step

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

Your Missouri name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Missouri

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

Staying in good standing in Missouri and Alabama

Missouri wants the Corporate Registration Report every two years ($15); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to Alabama

An LLC formed in Missouri files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Missouri

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Missouri files Form Corp 42 with $155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Missouri to Alabama

Does my Missouri company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want Missouri's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Missouri's report ($15, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Missouri name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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