Oregon Foreign Corporation Certificate of Authority: Form 50

Oregon corporation certificate of authority at a glance

Filing

Form 50, Application for Authority to Transact Business - Business/Professional (Foreign Business Corporation)

State fee

$275 filing fee

Total with us

$474, first year of Oregon registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Set by the state

Oregon yearly filing

Annual Report, $275, every year

Filed with

Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division

What Form 50 asks for

For Form 50, Oregon needs:

• The exact name of your corporation as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Oregon registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

Corporation into Oregon, by home state

Every home state pays the same $474 at checkout for Oregon.

When Oregon expects a corporation to register

Oregon law lists 11 activities that do not, on their own, count as doing business in Oregon. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

Oregon registered agent rule

Oregon requires every registered foreign corporation to keep a registered agent there. Switching agents later carries no Oregon fee. A resigning agent stays responsible for 31 days after filing the resignation. Our $199 includes the first year of Oregon registered agent service, then $149 a year.

Oregon yearly filings

Once registered, your corporation files the Oregon Annual Report every year, at $275, due Anniversary of authorization to transact business in Oregon, every year. The Oregon filing window opens ~45 days before anniversary date and closes Anniversary date. From year two, keeping the Oregon registration costs $424 a year with our registered agent service.

How long Oregon takes

We file Form 50 online with the Oregon Secretary of State.

Leaving Oregon later

If your corporation stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Foreign Corporation Amendment/Withdrawal. Until that is filed, Oregon's yearly filing stays due.