Oklahoma Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

A corporation formed in Oklahoma that wants to do business in Alabama files an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Oklahoma's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Oklahoma records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Oklahoma vs Alabama: the paperwork

	Oklahoma formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Oklahoma 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	Oklahoma: online	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	oklahoma.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Agent	Your Oklahoma registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Oklahoma companies register with Alabama

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

Your Oklahoma name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Oklahoma

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

Staying in good standing in Oklahoma and Alabama

Oklahoma has no annual report for corporations; Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Oklahoma to Alabama

An LLC formed in Oklahoma files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($26) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

The other way: Alabama into Oklahoma

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Oklahoma files Form 0012 with $312 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Oklahoma to Alabama

Does my Oklahoma company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Oklahoma and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Oklahoma yearly report and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Oklahoma name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

Yes, but Oklahoma keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), and Oklahoma has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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