Oklahoma Certificate of Authority / Delaware LLCs
A Delaware LLC and its Oklahoma certificate of authority
A Delaware LLC applying in Oklahoma pays $300 to Oklahoma and $50 to Delaware for the short-form certificate, $350 at filing. The yearly bills then run in parallel: $400 to Delaware and $25 to Oklahoma. Across the first year, with the certificate, that totals $750 before any agent fee.
Delaware and Oklahoma charges
| Charge | Delaware | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Already formed | $300 |
| Home paper | $50 short form | Original under 60 days old |
| Each year | $400 tax | $25 certificate |
| When | June 1 | Registration anniversary |
| Late cost | $200 penalty | Registration ends after 60 days |
Choosing the Delaware certificate
Oklahoma wants the Delaware officer's own paper: a good standing or existence certificate, as an original, with a date inside 60 days of the Oklahoma filing. Delaware's short form costs $50. Order it near the end of the preparation, not the start.
Two renewal dates
Delaware's tax deadline is June 1, and paying after it adds a $200 penalty. Your Oklahoma date has no link to Delaware's calendar; it is set by the day Oklahoma registered the LLC, so the dates are separate. Diary both.
How Delaware charges its tax
Delaware taxes an LLC that was active at any point in the year and gives no discount for part-years. Oklahoma authority does not change the Delaware bill in either direction.
Completing the form
On Form 0081 enter the Delaware name, Delaware as the state of organization, the Delaware formation date, an Oklahoma agent, and a monitored email. Items 5 and 6 are the printed fallback appointment and the home or principal office. The name needs an accepted ending; if Oklahoma already holds a similar name, a manager's statement adopts a fictitious name for Oklahoma use.
Two agents
Delaware insists on its own registered agent with a street address in Delaware. Oklahoma needs a separate agent, with an office open in regular hours. One does not stand in for the other.
A Delaware timeline
Pay the Delaware tax before June 1 each year. Order the Oklahoma certificate in the week you file. Register the LLC in Oklahoma. Then calendar the Oklahoma anniversary separately from the Delaware date.
Why a Delaware LLC chooses Oklahoma registration over moving
Re-domesticating a Delaware LLC to Oklahoma is a legal restructuring beyond this site. Registering as a foreign LLC leaves the Delaware formation untouched and adds only the Oklahoma fees on this page.
Delaware corporations in Oklahoma
A Delaware corporation does not use Form 0081. It qualifies on Form 0012 with existence proof that is at most 6 months old, and pays at least $300. The corporation form page has the detail.
Delaware costs that stay put
Delaware's $400 tax recurs each year whether or not the LLC does business in Oklahoma. A Delaware LLC that stops working in Oklahoma saves the $25 yearly certificate by withdrawing for $100, but it does not save the Delaware tax.
Choosing the filing date
Because the Delaware certificate expires for Oklahoma purposes after 60 days, line up the agent, the name and the signer before you order it. Then file while it is still inside the window, and calendar the Oklahoma anniversary from the day the Secretary of State files the application.
Delaware members and managers
Form 0081 asks for neither. It asks for the company, its agent, its home office and an email.
If Delaware status slips
When a Delaware tax goes unpaid the LLC loses its Delaware registration until the tax, penalties and interest are paid, and then it is restored. That matters for Oklahoma because the certificate you attach describes the state of the Delaware record on its date.
First-year budget
| Item | Payee | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma registration | Oklahoma | $300 |
| Delaware certificate | Delaware | $50 |
| Delaware annual tax | Delaware | $400 |
| Total | Both | $750 |
The first yearly certificate, a year after registration, adds $25.
Delaware LLC to Oklahoma authority
Check Delaware is current
The annual tax should be paid.
Order the certificate
Delaware short form, dated near the filing.
Name an Oklahoma agent
With a street address.
Fill in and sign the application
With Delaware as the home state.
File with the fee
$300 to Oklahoma.
Delaware LLC questions
Is a Delaware long-form certificate necessary?
Oklahoma asks for good standing, existence or equivalent proof, as an original dated within sixty days.
What if my Delaware tax is overdue?
Pay it and any penalty first. Oklahoma is a separate duty, and the Delaware record should be current when you order the certificate.
Does Oklahoma know my Delaware members?
Form 0081 does not ask for members.
Can I register a Delaware corporation here too?
Yes, on Form 0012, which is a different filing from Form 0081.
Can I use the same agent in both states?
Only a business that is qualified in both and keeps an office in Oklahoma.
Does the Delaware tax change?
No. Oklahoma adds a separate yearly certificate.
How long is the Delaware certificate good for?
For Oklahoma, sixty days from its printed date to the filing.
Our fee and Oklahoma's
Get your Oklahoma authority
Oklahoma
$199
$300 Oklahoma fee + $199
- The Oklahoma form for your entity, filled out from your answers
- A home-state certificate dated inside Oklahoma's 60-day limit for LLCs
- Oklahoma registered agent service from us, or your own pick
- Your Oklahoma certificate returned when issued
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Oklahoma's LLC fee is $300, shown apart from our own. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Official sources
- Oklahoma Secretary of State, filing fees
- SOS Form 0083, procedures for registering a foreign LLC
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, fees of the Secretary of State for LLCs
- SOS Form 0081, application for registration of a foreign LLC
- SOS Form 0012, certificate of qualification of a foreign corporation
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, filing and other service fees
- Oklahoma Secretary of State, business forms
- Delaware Division of Corporations fee schedule (PDF)
- Oklahoma LLC annual certificate form
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, annual certificate of an LLC
- Delaware Division of Corporations, LLC/LP/GP annual tax
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC registration procedure
- Division of Corporations, pay taxes and file annual reports
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC name
- Division of Corporations, how to form a new business entity
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign corporations, qualification
- SOS Form 0084, application for withdrawal of a foreign LLC
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC duties of the Secretary of State
- Delaware Code Title 6, chapter 18, subchapter XI (fees and annual tax)
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