Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

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

Wyoming and Alabama side by side

	Wyoming formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Wyoming companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Wyoming name and formation date. If Alabama wants the Wyoming certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Wyoming corporation is registered with Alabama.

Your Wyoming name and Alabama's rules

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

Your Alabama agent and the Wyoming one

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

Staying in good standing in Wyoming and Alabama

Wyoming wants the Annual Report every year ($60); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Alabama

An LLC formed in Wyoming files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Wyoming

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Wyoming files Wyoming's registration (no form number) with $150 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Wyoming owners ask about Alabama

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Wyoming's report ($60) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Wyoming name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

Yes, but Wyoming keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), and the original keeps Wyoming's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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