Oklahoma Certificate of Authority / Annual renewal
Keeping Oklahoma authority alive: the annual certificates
Each entity renews Oklahoma authority once a year: the LLC with a $25 certificate on its registration date, the corporation with a capital certificate on its qualification date, and the limited partnership with its own at $50.
Renewal by entity type
| Entity | Filing | Fee | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC | Annual certificate | $25 | Registration anniversary |
| Corporation | Capital certificate | $10 minimum | Qualification anniversary |
| Limited partnership | Annual certificate | $50 | Registration anniversary |
Notices go out by email.
The LLC certificate
The form asks if the company is still an active business, where its principal place of business is and what email address to use, and it carries the $25 fee. It is due on the anniversary date of the registration and keeps falling due until the registration is withdrawn.
How you hear about it
The Secretary of State sends a notice by email at least 60 days before the anniversary, to the last address on record, and only there. If that mailbox is dead you will not be told. Keep the contact email current with a change filing if it moves.
Grace and lapse
A foreign LLC has 60 days after the due date to file and pay. Past that, it ceases to be registered, and the registration counts as withdrawn from the 61st day. The same follows if an LLC served by the Secretary of State as agent does not pay the agent fee on time.
What a lapse removes
While it is lapsed, the Secretary of State will not accept other papers from the LLC or issue a certificate of good standing, with only two exceptions, and the LLC cannot start a case in an Oklahoma court. Successors and assignees are barred too on claims from the lapsed period.
The way back
Reinstatement runs through SOS Form 145. It states the business name, home state and the date it fell out of good standing, a manager signs it, and the missed certificates and fees go with it. The application itself has no fee. A registration that was administratively withdrawn cannot be replaced by a new registration, only reinstated.
The corporate certificate
A foreign corporation's yearly certificate states the top level of capital it has reached in Oklahoma since qualifying. Capital above what has been paid on is charged at the same one-tenth rate. The schedule lists a minimum of $10. A corporation that fails to file is given at least 30 days' notice and then charged $25 a day, to a cap of $500 for each offense.
Other recurring filings
Changes in an LLC's agent or principal office are recorded for $25, and a changed mailing address alone costs $10. A corporation reports changes within 30 days.
Putting the date in the calendar
The anniversary is the day and month on which the Secretary of State filed the original registration, and it is shown on the certificate Oklahoma sent back. Set a repeating entry for that day, an alert about a month ahead, and a second entry sixty days after it as the last chance.
What the filing is not
For an LLC it confirms the business is active and states where it is run. Corporations report capital instead. Either kind is filed once a year, on the anniversary.
Cost over time
Registration plus three anniversary certificates comes to $375 in LLC fees. A company that has stopped working in Oklahoma can stop the yearly certificate by withdrawing; see the withdrawal forms.
Renewal questions
Do I file if my LLC did no business this year?
Yes. The certificate confirms whether the company is an active business; it is due either way.
Can I change my email on the annual certificate?
Yes. The form asks for the email address of the primary contact each year.
Does the corporate certificate cost the same every year?
It depends on capital invested above what has already been paid on, with a stated minimum.
What if my LLC lapsed years ago?
Reinstatement needs every missed certificate and fee attached to the application.
How much is the LLC certificate?
$25.
What date is the certificate due?
The yearly anniversary of the registration.
What if the date slips by?
Once sixty days pass, registration ends and reinstatement is needed.
Where does the reminder go?
To the email address of record only.
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
- Oklahoma LLC annual certificate form
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, annual certificate of an LLC
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC certificate of withdrawal
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, failure to pay registered agent fees
- SOS Form 145, application for reinstatement
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC duties of the Secretary of State
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign corporation violations and penalties
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign corporation changes
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