Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Oklahoma LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

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

What Oklahoma and Alabama each ask for

	Oklahoma formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Oklahoma Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$20	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Oklahoma: online	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	oklahoma.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Certificate, $26, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Anniversary date of the filing of the Articles of Organization, every year
Agent	Your Oklahoma registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Oklahoma companies register with Alabama

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

Your Oklahoma name and Alabama's rules

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

Agents: Alabama and Oklahoma

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Oklahoma

Oklahoma wants the Annual Certificate every year ($26); 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, Oklahoma to Alabama

A corporation formed in Oklahoma files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Oklahoma

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Oklahoma files Form 0081 with $312 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Oklahoma to Alabama

Does my Oklahoma company need to register in Alabama?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Oklahoma.

Do I need Oklahoma's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Oklahoma and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Oklahoma's report ($26) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Oklahoma name?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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