Oklahoma Foreign Registration › Form 0081
Oklahoma SOS Form 0081, item by item
SOS Form 0081 is Oklahoma's Application for Registration (Foreign Limited Liability Company), and the fee is $300. It has 7 items, goes in with a home certificate dated within 60 days, and is signed by a member, manager or other person. Our preparation charge is $199.
The form at a glance
- Title
- Application for Registration (Foreign Limited Liability Company)
- Form
- SOS Form 0081
- Law
- 18 O.S. 2043 and 2044
- Fee
- $300
- Filed with
- Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department
- Attached
- a certificate of good standing, existence or (in Texas) fact, dated within 60 days
- Signed by
- a member, manager or other person
- Companion
- SOS Form 0083, the instruction sheet
Item 1: the name
Give the company's name as registered at home. The name must end in one of these: limited liability company, limited company, LLC, LC, L.L.C. or L.C. It must also be distinguishable on the records from other registered names. If the legal name is not available or fails the test, attach the fictitious name report or a statement by the manager adopting a fictitious name that works. The fictitious name is then used in place of the true one in Oklahoma.
Items 2 and 3: the state and the date
Item 2 is the state or jurisdiction of organization and item 3 is the date the LLC was organized there. Take both from the home certificate, so that the application and the attachment agree.
Item 4: the registered agent
Item 4 is where the Oklahoma registered agent appears, with a street address. The agent is an Oklahoma resident, or a domestic or qualified foreign entity. The form says in capitals that P.O. boxes are not acceptable. The agent needs an office at the registered address that is open during regular hours.
Item 5: the Secretary of State as backup
Item 5 is a printed statement and needs no entry. It makes the Secretary of State the fallback recipient of legal papers when no agent is in place, the agent's authority has been withdrawn, or the agent cannot be located and served despite honest effort.
Item 6: the home office
Item 6 is where the LLC's home-state office sits, or its principal office if no home office is required.
Item 7: the email contact
Item 7 is the email address of the primary contact for the registered business. The form warns that notice of the annual certificate goes only to this address. Choose a monitored inbox.
Signature
The application is signed by a member, manager or other person, with the date.
The attachment
The attachment is the home certificate, an original certificate from the certifying officer of the home jurisdiction attesting to the LLC's organization and good standing, dated within 60 days. Texas calls it a certificate of fact. Most states call it a certificate of good standing or existence.
Fee and delivery
The fee is $300. Delivery is open by three routes. A card payment adds 4 percent, and in-person same-day handling costs $25 more per document.
Fee line on the form
The fee is printed on the form itself, at $300, so there is no separate fee schedule to consult when you assemble the filing.
Reading the instruction sheet
The companion sheet, SOS Form 0083, summarizes the filing procedure in numbered points, repeats the fee, explains the name rule and the registered agent options, and ends with the statutory exceptions. It also says the office cannot decide whether a company fits an exception.
Why filings come back
Filings come back for a certificate older than sixty days, an agent listed at a P.O. box, a name lacking an accepted ending and no fictitious name statement, an agent who does not qualify, no signature, or a short payment. We check each before the filing is sent.
After the filing
The Secretary of State files the application with the date, keeps a copy, issues a certificate of registration and sends it back with a copy of the application. The first annual certificate falls due on the anniversary of that filing, for $25.
Filing Form 0081 through us
Send your answers
Company name, home state, formation date, agent and signer.
Order the certificate
We time it so it is no more than 60 days old at filing.
Confirm the name
We check the ending and tell you if a fictitious name is needed.
Sign
An authorized person signs the finished application.
We file
Application, certificate and the $300 fee are sent to Oklahoma.
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.
Form 0081 questions
Is Form 0081 filed online?
The Secretary of State accepts filings online, by mail and in person.
Can I use a Texas certificate of fact?
Yes. The form names it among the accepted certificates.
Does it ask for members or managers?
No. It asks for the company, the agent, the home office and an email.
Our fee and the state's
Register in Oklahoma
- The application completed from your answers
- Your home certificate, dated within Oklahoma's age limit
- An Oklahoma registered agent from us, or the one you pick
- The certificate of registration returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
+ $300 Oklahoma fee
Register in OklahomaOklahoma's fee is $300, listed separately 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.
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
- Oklahoma LLC annual certificate form
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, annual certificate of an 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 Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC registration procedure
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC name
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, foreign LLC duties of the Secretary of State
Ready to register in Oklahoma?
Start the order and the certificate date is planned before anything is sent.