Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

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

Illinois and Alabama side by side

	Illinois formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Illinois 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	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Illinois companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Alabama registered agent, with your Illinois name and formation date. No Illinois paperwork holds up the Alabama filing. After approval, your Illinois LLC is registered with Alabama.

Your Illinois name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Illinois

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Illinois

Illinois wants the Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) every year ($75); 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, Illinois to Alabama

A corporation formed in Illinois files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Alabama

Does my Illinois company need to register in Alabama?

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

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

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Illinois.

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Illinois's report ($75) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Illinois name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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