Oklahoma certificate of authority: which paper your entity needs

Oklahoma writes its business law in separate chapters. The corporation act speaks of qualifying a foreign corporation, and the LLC act of registering a foreign LLC. Customers, banks and lenders call all of it a certificate of authority, which is why this site uses that phrase and then points you to the exact Oklahoma document.

Order the home certificate. Name an Oklahoma registered agent. Check the name carries an accepted ending. Complete Form 0081. Sign and pay $300. Put the anniversary on a calendar for the $25 yearly certificate. Each move has a page; the guide strings them together.

An LLC pays $300 once and $25 every year. A corporation pays at least $300, then more on the anniversary if its Oklahoma capital has outgrown what it paid on. A nonprofit pays $300. A limited partnership pays $300 and $50 a year, and a limited liability partnership pays $100. The cost page puts them side by side.

An LLC withdraws on SOS Form 0084 for $100, and a corporation on SOS Form 0017 for $100. A lapsed LLC is treated as withdrawn too, which is a quieter and costlier way out. Staying registered costs $25 a year, and reserving a name for 60 days costs $10 (a certified copy of a filing costs $10). See the withdrawal forms page.

A Texas LLC opens a service office in Tulsa. It files Form 0081 with a Texas certificate of fact dated inside sixty days, names an Oklahoma agent, pays $300 and calendars its $25 certificate. A Delaware corporation opens an Oklahoma branch with a modest budget. It files Form 0012, attaches existence proof dated in the last 6 months, names the capital it expects to put into the state and pays the $300 floor. A Kansas LLC buys a rental house in Oklahoma and does nothing else there. Oklahoma treats income-producing property as doing business, so it registers too.

Professional LLCs, which use a separate Oklahoma form that cannot be filed online. Partnerships of both kinds, which register on forms of their own. Corporations with unusual share structures or very large Oklahoma capital plans. And any company that is unsure whether its activity counts as doing business; the do-you-need-it page sorts the cases.

Filing yourself is an option, and the self-service page explains it. If you would rather not, we choose the form, assemble the answers, date the certificate and send the filing. The charge is $199, and Oklahoma's fee shows beside it at checkout.