Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

North Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from North Dakota as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for North Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your North Dakota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

North Dakota vs Alabama: the paperwork

	North Dakota formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	North Dakota Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$20	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	North Dakota: online	Filed online with Alabama
Office	North Dakota Secretary of State	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	firststop.sos.nd.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	August 1
Agent	Your North Dakota registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How North Dakota companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Alabama registered agent, with your North Dakota name and formation date. If Alabama wants the North Dakota certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your North Dakota corporation is registered with Alabama.

Will your North Dakota name work for Alabama?

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

Agents: Alabama and North Dakota

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and North Dakota

North Dakota wants the Annual Report every year ($25); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, North Dakota to Alabama

An LLC formed in North Dakota files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come North Dakota's Annual Report ($50) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

The other way: Alabama into North Dakota

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with North Dakota files North Dakota's registration (no form number) with $145 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: North Dakota to Alabama

Does my North Dakota company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for North Dakota and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), North Dakota's report ($25) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my North Dakota name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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