Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

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

What Virginia and Alabama each ask for

	Virginia formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$6	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Virginia to Alabama, step by step

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

Your Virginia name and Alabama's rules

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

Your Alabama agent and the Virginia one

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

Staying in good standing in Virginia and Alabama

Virginia wants the Annual Registration Fee every year ($50); 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, Virginia to Alabama

A corporation formed in Virginia files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Virginia

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within one year. See that filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about Alabama

Does my Virginia company need to register in Alabama?

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

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

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Virginia.

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Virginia's report ($50) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama accept my Virginia name?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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