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Foreign registration · Form LLC 4

Alabama LLC Foreign Registration in Missouri

To do business in Missouri, an LLC formed in Alabama registers there on Form LLC 4, with $105 in state fees. Missouri also wants Alabama's Certificate of Existence ($25), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division using your Alabama records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Alabama vs Missouri: the paperwork

	Alabama formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence	Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$25	$105 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed with Missouri
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	sos.mo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year	No annual report
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

How Alabama companies register with Missouri

Order the Alabama certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Alabama separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. Ordered from Alabama on filing day, it easily meets Missouri's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form LLC 4
It lists us as your Missouri registered agent, next to your Alabama name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Alabama delays the Missouri filing. Once Missouri approves it, the Alabama company can do business there.

First-year cost, Alabama to Missouri

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Certificate of Existence, paid to Alabama	$25
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Alabama certificate included	$329

Will your Alabama name work for Missouri?

We search Missouri's records for Alabama's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Missouri agent and the Alabama one

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

Yearly filings: Missouri and Alabama

Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year; Missouri has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to Missouri

A corporation formed in Alabama files Form Corp 42 with Missouri ($155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) and Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Missouri into Alabama

An LLC formed in Missouri that registers with Alabama files Alabama's registration (no form number) with $184 in state fees; no Missouri certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Alabama owners ask about Missouri

Does my Alabama company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once an Alabama business operates there; Missouri law lists 7 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Missouri registration cost?

$304 at checkout plus $25 to Alabama for the Certificate of Existence, $329 in all (checkout is $105 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Alabama's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Missouri wants Alabama's Certificate of Existence ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and Missouri?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and no Missouri yearly report.

What if I don't register with Missouri?

An Alabama company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

Yes: the Alabama registered agent stays, and ours covers Missouri for year one.

Can I form a new Missouri LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

Alabama companies leave by filing a Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the Missouri registration and Alabama's filings stay in place.

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