New York Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from New York as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for New York's Certificate of Status ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your New York records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What New York and Alabama each ask for

	New York formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	New York Certificate of Status	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$25	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New York: on a mailed or emailed request, returned by first-class mail, with 24-hour, same-day and 2-hour expedite options	Filed online with Alabama
Office	New York Department of State, Division of Corporations	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	dos.ny.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Statement, $9, every two years	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	During the calendar month of original incorporation, every 2 years
Agent	Your New York registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How New York companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your New York name and formation date. If Alabama wants the New York certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your New York corporation is registered with Alabama.

Will your New York name work for Alabama?

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

Your Alabama agent and the New York one

New York and Alabama both call it a registered agent. Alabama papers come to us; New York's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Alabama and New York

New York wants the Biennial Statement every two years ($9); 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 York to Alabama

An LLC formed in New York files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New York's Biennial Statement ($9) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in New York

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with New York files Form DOS-1335-f-a with $225 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions New York owners ask about Alabama

Does my New York company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want New York's Certificate of Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New York and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New York's report ($9, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my New York name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

Yes, but New York 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 York's Biennial Statement.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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