Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Michigan LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers an LLC from Michigan as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama needs nothing from Michigan: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Michigan records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Michigan and Alabama each ask for

	Michigan formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing (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	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	michigan.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Statement, $25, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	February 15
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Michigan companies register with Alabama

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

Will your Michigan name work for Alabama?

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

Agents: Alabama and Michigan

Alabama calls it a registered agent; Michigan says resident agent. Alabama papers come to us; Michigan's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Alabama and Michigan

Michigan wants the Annual Statement every year ($25); 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, Michigan to Alabama

A corporation formed in Michigan files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 ($25) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Michigan

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 760 with $50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Michigan to Alabama

Does my Michigan company need to register in Alabama?

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

How much does it cost to register a Michigan LLC in Alabama?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Michigan.

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Michigan's report ($25) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

A Michigan company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Michigan name?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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