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Foreign registration · no form number

New Mexico Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from New Mexico as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance ($50). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your New Mexico records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Mexico and Alabama side by side

	New Mexico formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$50	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed online with Alabama
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Corporate Report, $25, every two years	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	April 15 for calendar-year filers, every 2 years
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How New Mexico companies register with Alabama

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

Will your New Mexico name work for Alabama?

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

Agents: Alabama and New Mexico

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

Staying in good standing in New Mexico and Alabama

New Mexico wants the Biennial Corporate Report every two years ($25); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to Alabama

An LLC formed in New Mexico 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 New Mexico

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions New Mexico owners ask about Alabama

Does my New Mexico company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for New Mexico and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Mexico's report ($25, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my New Mexico name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

Yes, but New Mexico 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 Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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