Oklahoma Certificate of Authority / Withdrawal forms
Withdrawing from Oklahoma: the LLC and corporation forms
To give up Oklahoma authority, an LLC files SOS Form 0084, the Application for Withdrawal (Foreign Limited Liability Company), for $100, and a corporation files SOS Form 0017 at $100. Our charge for either one is $199.
The two exit forms
| Point | LLC, Form 0084 | Corporation, Form 0017 |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | $100 | $100 |
| Signed by | a manager, member or other person | an authorized officer of the corporation |
| States | No Oklahoma business, surrender of the registration, agent ended, process address | Surrender of authority, process address, and home dissolution papers if any |
| Statute | 18 O.S. 2047 | 18 O.S. 1135 |
Either form ends the Oklahoma agent's role, and the Secretary of State then takes in legal papers about the time the entity was authorized.
The LLC form
Form 0084 is a short application. It names the company and its home state, says the company is not doing business in Oklahoma, hands back its certificate of registration, ends its agent's authority and consents to service through the Secretary of State on claims from the time it was registered, and gives a mailing address for process. The signer is a manager, member or other person, or a receiver or trustee who has taken charge.
The corporation form
Form 0017 is where the corporation hands in its authority and lists a mailing address for process papers. A corporation that has been dissolved at home sends the dissolution certificate or the court's decree along with the form.
Withdrawing by lapse
An LLC that fails to file its annual certificate and pay the fee, or to pay a registered agent fee owed to the Secretary of State, by the sixtieth day after its due date is treated as withdrawn, the withdrawal taking effect the next day. On paper it looks like the lowest-cost exit, but it leaves the company with no good standing certificate and the court bar still in place for any claim it wanted to bring.
What to settle first
Collect what is owed to the entity in Oklahoma, and if a lawsuit might be needed, file it before surrendering authority. Pick a process address where mail will keep arriving once the company is wound down. Close tax and employer accounts with the agencies that hold them; an Oklahoma accountant can say which remain open.
After the filing
Once the Secretary of State issues the withdrawal papers, the agent appointment ends and process against the entity is served on the Secretary of State for claims from the period of authority. For an LLC the same result follows from the consent the application contains. Keep the process address current with whoever receives mail there for the company.
The paperwork sequence
Decide the process address. Check no Oklahoma suit is pending or planned. Complete Form 0084 or Form 0017. Sign. File with the fee. Keep the filed copy and the Secretary of State's acknowledgment with the company records.
When withdrawal is the wrong move
Withdraw only when Oklahoma work is finished. After the authority is surrendered, any later Oklahoma project calls for a fresh filing and fee, and a lawsuit the entity wanted to start is blocked while it is unregistered.
Who gets the process papers
After withdrawal the entity's Oklahoma agent no longer receives them. The Secretary of State does, and it sends them to the mailing address the entity gave on the form. If that address goes stale, papers can sit unseen, so keep it current with the person or company that holds it.
Changing instead of leaving
A company that is staying but changing does not withdraw. An LLC corrects its application for $100, amends a mailing address for $10 and changes its agent for $25. A corporation's amended certificate costs $200.
Cost of a full life cycle
An LLC that registered, filed one annual certificate and withdrew paid $425 in state fees. An LLC that went in and out inside one year paid $400. A corporation at the minimum fee that withdrew paid $400.
Withdrawing with us
Confirm Oklahoma business has ended
No further Oklahoma work is planned.
Pick the process address
Somewhere that keeps receiving mail.
Pick the exit form
Form 0084 for an LLC, Form 0017 for a corporation.
Authorized signer signs
A member, manager, officer or other person.
We submit
With the fee for your entity.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Withdrawal questions
Does withdrawing mean the entity is dissolved?
No. It ends Oklahoma authority only. The entity still exists in its home state.
Who receives lawsuit papers after we withdraw?
The Secretary of State receives them and mails them to the process address on the filing.
What if our annual certificate is overdue first?
An LLC that is more than sixty days late is treated as withdrawn, which is a worse route than filing the form.
Can a dissolved corporation withdraw?
Yes. The dissolution certificate or court order goes in with Form 0017.
Is withdrawal cheaper than paying yearly?
One $100 filing ends the $25 yearly certificates.
Can we register again?
Yes, with a fresh filing.
Does withdrawing end tax duties?
No. Other agencies keep their own accounts.
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
- SOS Form 0084, application for withdrawal of a foreign LLC
- SOS Form 0017, certificate of withdrawal of a foreign corporation
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC certificate of withdrawal
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign corporations, qualification
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign corporation withdrawal
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC necessity of registration
- Oklahoma LLC annual certificate form
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, annual certificate of an LLC
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