Oklahoma Foreign LLC Registration: Form 0081

Oklahoma LLC registration at a glance

Filing

Form 0081, Application for Registration (Foreign Limited Liability Company)

State fee

$300 filing fee ($312 with the charges Oklahoma collects at filing)

Total with us

$511, first year of Oklahoma registered agent service included

Home-state certificate

Required, dated within 60 days

Oklahoma yearly filing

Annual Certificate, $25, every year

Filed with

Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department

What Form 0081 asks for

For Form 0081, Oklahoma needs:

• The exact name of your LLC as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Oklahoma registered agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address
• A certificate of good standing from the home state, no older than 60 days when Oklahoma receives it

LLC into Oklahoma, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $511 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

When Oklahoma expects an LLC to register

Oklahoma law lists 12 activities that do not, on their own, count as doing business in Oklahoma; the list gives examples and is not the full test. A one-off transaction completed within 30 days, and not one of a series, does not count either. Owning property there, without more, is not doing business either. Being a member or manager of an LLC that does business in Oklahoma does not by itself mean you do business there. These rules decide registration only; Oklahoma tax nexus and lawsuits follow their own tests. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in Oklahoma without registering

An unregistered LLC doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in Oklahoma courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. Members and managers do not become personally liable just because the LLC skipped registration. A Oklahoma court can order the LLC to stop doing business there until it registers. With no registered agent on file, legal papers can be served through the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

Oklahoma registered agent rule

Oklahoma requires every registered foreign LLC to keep a registered agent there. Oklahoma allows an Oklahoma resident, or a domestic or qualified foreign entity to serve. The agent's address must be a street address in Oklahoma, not a P.O. box. Switching agents later costs $25. A resigning agent stays responsible for 30 days after filing the resignation. Our $199 includes the first year of Oklahoma registered agent service, then $149 a year.

Oklahoma yearly filings

Once registered, your LLC files the Oklahoma Annual Certificate every year, at $25, due Anniversary date of the foreign LLC's Oklahoma registration, every year. The Oklahoma filing window opens 60 days before anniversary date and closes Anniversary date. From year two, keeping the Oklahoma registration costs $174 a year with our registered agent service.

How long Oklahoma takes

We file Form 0081 with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

Leaving Oklahoma later

If your LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing an Application for Withdrawal (Foreign Limited Liability Company) ($100). Until that is filed, Oklahoma's yearly filing stays due.