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Foreign registration · Form 301

Oklahoma Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in Oklahoma registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Oklahoma's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State from your Oklahoma records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Oklahoma and Texas each ask for

	Oklahoma formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Oklahoma Certificate of Good Standing	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$20	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Oklahoma: online	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	oklahoma.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	No annual report	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due		May 15 each year
Agent	Your Oklahoma registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

How Oklahoma companies register with Texas

We prepare and file Form 301
It lists us as your Texas registered agent, next to your Oklahoma name and formation date. If Texas wants the Oklahoma certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the Oklahoma company can do business there.

Will your Oklahoma name work for Texas?

Texas accepts your Oklahoma name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If another Texas company uses the Oklahoma name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Oklahoma name against Texas's records before filing.

Agents: Texas and Oklahoma

Oklahoma and Texas both call it a registered agent. Texas papers come to us; Oklahoma's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Texas and Oklahoma

Oklahoma has no annual report for corporations; Texas wants the Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report every year (no fee). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Oklahoma to Texas

An LLC formed in Oklahoma files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($26) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering a Texas company in Oklahoma

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

Questions Oklahoma owners ask about Texas

Does my Oklahoma company need to register in Texas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register an Oklahoma corporation in Texas?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Oklahoma's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Oklahoma's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Oklahoma and Texas?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Oklahoma yearly report and Texas's report (no fee).

Does Texas require a registered agent?

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

Will Texas 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. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Oklahoma keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and Oklahoma has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Oklahoma companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Oklahoma's filings.

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