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Indiana LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

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

What Indiana and Alabama each ask for

	Indiana formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$15	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	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, every 2 years
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Indiana to Alabama, step by step

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

Your Indiana name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Indiana

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

Staying in good standing in Indiana and Alabama

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); 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, Indiana to Alabama

A corporation formed in Indiana files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Indiana

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Indiana files State Form 56369 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Indiana to Alabama

Does my Indiana company need to register in Alabama?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Indiana.

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Indiana name?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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