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Foreign registration · Form 0012

Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in Oklahoma

To do business in Oklahoma, a corporation formed in Texas registers there on Form 0012, with $312 in state fees. Oklahoma may ask for Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Filing Department from your Texas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Texas and Oklahoma each ask for

	Texas formed here	Oklahoma registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Form 0012, Certificate of Qualification (Foreign Corporation)
State fee	$15	$312 at order (filing fee $300 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed with Oklahoma
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	sos.ok.gov
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Certificate, $10, every year
Due	May 15 each year	On the anniversary of the foreign corporation's qualification in Oklahoma, every year
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Oklahoma registered agent

How Texas companies register with Oklahoma

We prepare and file Form 0012
It names us as your Oklahoma registered agent, with your Texas name and formation date. If Oklahoma wants the Texas certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Texas corporation is registered with Oklahoma.

Your Texas name and Oklahoma's rules

We search Oklahoma's records for Texas's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Oklahoma and Texas

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

Yearly filings: Oklahoma and Texas

Each year your corporation files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($10). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Texas plus Oklahoma comes to $159 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Oklahoma

An LLC formed in Texas files Form 0081 with Oklahoma ($312 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15)). After that come Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report and Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Oklahoma company in Texas

A corporation formed in Oklahoma that registers with Texas files Form 301 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Questions Texas owners ask about Oklahoma

Does my Texas company need to register in Oklahoma?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$511 at checkout; Oklahoma may also want Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Oklahoma?

$159 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Texas and $10 to Oklahoma for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Oklahoma?

A Texas company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Oklahoma can add a penalty of $25 a day, up to $500 a year, a civil penalty of up to $500 and a fine of at least $200.

Does Oklahoma require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Oklahoma corporation instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Oklahoma yearly report, and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Oklahoma later?

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

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