Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers an LLC from Idaho as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama asks nothing of Idaho here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Idaho records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Idaho and Alabama side by side

	Idaho formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence (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	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Idaho to Alabama, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Idaho first, so the Alabama filing can go in right away. Once Alabama approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

Your Idaho name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Idaho

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Idaho

Idaho wants the Annual Report every year (no fee); 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, Idaho to Alabama

A corporation formed in Idaho files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Idaho

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Alabama

Does my Idaho company need to register in Alabama?

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

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

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Idaho.

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Alabama?

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

What if I don't register with Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Idaho name?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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