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Arkansas LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

An LLC formed in Arkansas that wants to do business in Alabama files an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama needs nothing from Arkansas: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Arkansas records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Arkansas and Alabama each ask for

	Arkansas formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Arkansas Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$25	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Arkansas: online, ready to print right after purchase	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	sos.arkansas.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report, $150, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	May 1
Agent	Your Arkansas registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Arkansas companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Arkansas name and formation date. No Arkansas paperwork holds up the Alabama filing. Once Alabama approves it, the Arkansas company can do business there.

Your Arkansas name and Alabama's rules

Alabama accepts your Arkansas name if it includes limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC. If the Arkansas name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another Alabama company uses the Arkansas name, an alternate name is allowed. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Alabama agent and the Arkansas one

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Arkansas

Arkansas wants the Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report every year ($150); Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Arkansas to Alabama

A corporation formed in Arkansas files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Arkansas's Annual Corporation Franchise Tax Report ($150) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Arkansas

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Arkansas files Form FL-01 with $270 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Arkansas to Alabama

Does my Arkansas company need to register in Alabama?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Arkansas.

Do I need Arkansas's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Arkansas and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Arkansas's report ($150) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Arkansas name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas's Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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