Oregon Foreign Registration / From Delaware

Bringing a Delaware LLC into Oregon

A Delaware LLC applying in Oregon pays $275 and then $275 every year, while Delaware keeps charging $400. The first year across the two states is $675, plus $50 if Oregon needs a Delaware certificate.

Delaware and Oregon charges

Charge	Delaware	Oregon
Entry	Already formed	$275
Each year	$400 tax	$275 annual report
Due	June 1	Oregon anniversary
Late	$200 penalty	Notice, then revocation after 45 days
Home paper	$50 short form	Registry number, or a certificate if needed

Does Oregon need a Delaware certificate?

Oregon waives the certificate when the home official gives free internet access to a searchable database that shows LLC registrations; the registry number is then enough. Whether Delaware's public search qualifies is something we check when we prepare your filing. If a certificate is needed it must be current within 60 days, and Delaware's short form costs $50.

Two yearly bills

Delaware's tax is payable by June 1 and a payment that misses the date draws a $200 penalty. Oregon's report follows the Oregon anniversary, a date that depends on when Oregon filed the application. The two dates differ, so calendar them separately.

How Delaware charges its tax

A Delaware LLC in active status at any time during the tax year owes the whole tax, unprorated. Oregon registration leaves that side alone.

The name in Oregon

A Delaware LLC registers under the name on its Delaware record, matching punctuation exactly. If an active Oregon name is too close, the Oregon record reads along the lines of ABC LLC, A Limited Liability Company of Delaware, and that is the name to use in Oregon from then on.

Delaware certificates, if needed

If Oregon cannot verify the LLC online, a Delaware short-form certificate costs $50 and must be under 60 days old when you file. Order it only after the name, agent and signer are settled.

Two agents

Delaware has its own agent rule: a registered agent holding a street address in Delaware. Oregon needs a separate agent at an Oregon street address suitable for personal delivery. A mail forwarding service or virtual office will not satisfy either.

Choosing the filing date

Because Oregon dates the anniversary from the day it files the application, choose a filing day that leaves the yearly report in a quiet month for your accounting. Delaware's tax is due June 1, so a filing that puts the Oregon anniversary far from that date spreads the two bills.

Delaware series LLCs and holding companies

The Oregon application asks only for the points the statute lists. A Delaware LLC inside a holding structure registers on its own, and the application shows the management type from its Delaware record.

Why a Delaware LLC chooses Oregon authority

A Delaware LLC that opens an Oregon office or hires staff there is in the situation the registration rule is aimed at. The Delaware formation stays as it is; registering adds only the Oregon fees shown here.

If the Delaware tax lapses

An unpaid Delaware tax cancels the LLC's Delaware standing until the tax, penalties and interest are cleared and the registration is restored. Settle that before leaning on the LLC in Oregon.

Delaware costs that stay put

Whatever the LLC does in Oregon, the $400 Delaware tax stays due. Withdrawing costs $275 and stops the $275 Oregon report; the Delaware tax continues.

Corporations and nonprofits from Delaware

A Delaware corporation uses its own application for $275 and a Delaware nonprofit pays $50. Each of them uses the corporation page.

Year-one costs for a Delaware LLC in Oregon

Item	Payee	Amount
Oregon application	Oregon	$275
Delaware annual tax	Delaware	$400
Total	Both states	$675
If a certificate is needed	Delaware	$50
Total with certificate	Both states	$725

From the first anniversary, Oregon adds $275 a year to Delaware's $400.

Registering a Delaware LLC in Oregon

Check Delaware is current
Pay the annual tax.
Find the Delaware file number
Oregon uses it to verify the LLC.
Check the name
Against Oregon active names.
Choose an Oregon agent
At an Oregon street address.
Apply and pay
File online with $275.
Calendar both dates
Delaware's tax date and the Oregon anniversary.

Delaware LLC questions

Does Oregon see my Delaware members?

Only if you choose to list a member or manager on the application.

What if my Delaware status is not active?

Pay the tax and any penalties and interest first.

Can my Delaware agent serve in Oregon?

Only a listed kind of entity with Oregon authority and an Oregon office qualifies.

Can I use a Delaware registered agent address as my Oregon address?

No. The Oregon registered office must be an Oregon street address.

Do I need to order a Delaware certificate?

Only if Oregon cannot verify the LLC online with the file number.

Does Oregon charge less than Delaware?

Oregon's report is $275, a separate bill from Delaware's tax.

Oregon

Our fee and Oregon's

Register in Oregon

$275 Oregon fee + $199

Oregon's fee is $275. It appears on its own line at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

$199

Oregon Foreign Registration

The Oregon application filled in from your answers
Your name checked against Oregon records first
An Oregon registered agent, ours or yours
The authority record returned when Oregon issues it
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

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