Foreign registration · Form 635_0110A

Oklahoma Corporation Foreign Registration in Iowa

Iowa registers a corporation from Oklahoma as a foreign corporation on Form 635_0110A, with $100 in state fees. Iowa may ask for Oklahoma's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Oklahoma records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Oklahoma and Iowa each ask for

	Oklahoma formed here	Iowa registering here
Document	Oklahoma Certificate of Good Standing	Form 635_0110A, Registration Statement, Foreign Profit Corporation
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Oklahoma: online	Filed with Iowa
Paid expedite		5-business-day $15, 2-business-day $50
Office	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department	Iowa Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	oklahoma.gov	sos.iowa.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Biennial Report, $60, every two years
Due		April 1 of even-numbered years
Agent	Your Oklahoma registered agent	Our Iowa registered agent

How Oklahoma companies register with Iowa

We prepare and file Form 635_0110A
It names us as your Iowa registered agent, with your Oklahoma name and formation date. If Iowa wants the Oklahoma certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Oklahoma corporation is registered with Iowa.

Your Oklahoma name and Iowa's rules

If another Iowa company uses the Oklahoma name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Iowa's records for Oklahoma's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Iowa agent and the Oklahoma one

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

Yearly filings: Iowa and Oklahoma

Oklahoma has no annual report for corporations; Iowa wants the Biennial Report every two years ($60). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Oklahoma to Iowa

An LLC formed in Oklahoma files Form 635_0010 with Iowa ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($20)). After that come Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($26) and Iowa's Biennial Report ($30). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Iowa into Oklahoma

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

Questions Oklahoma owners ask about Iowa

Does my Oklahoma company need to register in Iowa?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Iowa registration cost?

$299 at checkout; Iowa may also want Oklahoma's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Oklahoma and Iowa?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Oklahoma yearly report and Iowa's report ($60, every two years).

Does Iowa require a registered agent?

Yes: the Oklahoma registered agent stays, and ours covers Iowa for year one.

Will Iowa 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 Iowa corporation instead?

Yes, but Oklahoma keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Iowa's Biennial Report ($60), and Oklahoma has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Iowa later?

Oklahoma companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal; until then, Iowa's report stays due alongside Oklahoma's filings.

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