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Alaska LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

To do business in Alabama, an LLC formed in Alaska registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama needs nothing from Alaska: no Certificate of Compliance. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Alaska records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Alaska and Alabama each ask for

	Alaska formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Alaska Certificate of Compliance (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$10	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Alaska: online or by mail, usually in 10 to 15 business days and longer from October to February	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	commerce.alaska.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Report, $100, every two years	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	January 2 of the filing year
Agent	Your Alaska registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Alaska companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Alabama registered agent, with your Alaska name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Alaska first, so the Alabama filing can go in right away. After approval, your Alaska LLC is registered with Alabama.

Will your Alaska name work for Alabama?

Alabama accepts your Alaska name if it includes limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC. If the Alaska name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If Alabama's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Alaska company. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Alabama agent and the Alaska one

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

Staying in good standing in Alaska and Alabama

Alaska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($100); Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Alaska to Alabama

A corporation formed in Alaska files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Alaska's Biennial Report ($100) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Alaska

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Alaska files Form 08-0497 with $350 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25). See that filing.

Common questions: Alaska to Alabama

Does my Alaska company need to register in Alabama?

Yes, once an Alaska business operates there; Alabama registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does it cost to register an Alaska LLC in Alabama?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Alaska.

Do I need Alaska's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Alaska and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alaska's report ($100, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

An Alaska company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Alaska name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Alaska name at home. Alabama names must include limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC.

Can I form a new Alabama LLC instead?

Yes, but Alaska keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, and the original keeps Alaska's Biennial Report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

Alaska companies leave by filing a Foreign LLC Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Alabama's report stays due alongside Alaska's filings.

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