New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that wants to do business in Alabama files an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your New Hampshire records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Hampshire and Alabama side by side

	New Hampshire formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$5	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with Alabama
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	April 1
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How New Hampshire companies register with Alabama

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

Will your New Hampshire name work for Alabama?

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

Your Alabama agent and the New Hampshire one

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and New Hampshire

New Hampshire wants the Annual Report every year ($100); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Alabama

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

The other way: Alabama into New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with New Hampshire files Form 40 with $102 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: New Hampshire to Alabama

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Hampshire's report ($100) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my New Hampshire name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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