Oregon Foreign Registration / Corporations

Applying for Oregon authority as a foreign corporation

A foreign corporation files the Application for Authority to Transact Business, Foreign Business Corporation for $275 and then a yearly report at the same $275. A foreign nonprofit pays $50 to apply and $50 a year. We prepare either for $199.

The corporation filing at a glance

Filing	Application for Authority to Transact Business, Foreign Business Corporation
Fee	$275
Law	ORS 60.701 to 60.747
Home proof	A certificate under 60 days old, or the home registry number where a free database exists
Yearly	Annual report, $275
Nonprofit	$50 to apply, $50 yearly
Leaving	Withdrawal, $275

Why a corporation has its own page

Oregon's corporation chapter parallels its LLC chapter almost line for line, with a few differences in what is asked and who signs. It names the same 11 excluded activities, applies the same court bar and back-fee liability to an unauthorized foreign corporation, and keeps the same agent rules.

The seven points

The application sets out 7 points: the corporation's name; the state or country of incorporation; the registry number from that jurisdiction; the date of incorporation and its duration; the principal office with its mailing address; the Oregon registered office and agent; and the names and addresses of the president and the secretary. The last point is the one an LLC does not have.

The home proof

As with an LLC, the home certificate is needed only when the home state has no free online registry; where one is needed it must be current within 60 days and authenticated by the home official. If that database exists, the registry number is enough.

The name

The corporate name must conform to Oregon's rule. When it clashes with an active Oregon record, the application states it in the longer form, naming the home state, and the corporation then does business under that form.

The agent

The agent and office rules for a corporation match those for an LLC. The Secretary of State is the fallback agent for process in the same 5 situations.

Using the home registry

If the home state publishes a free searchable list of corporations, give Oregon the registry number. Oregon looks the corporation up there and checks that it is active. Without that database, order the certificate and keep it inside the sixty-day window.

The yearly report

A foreign corporation files an annual report by its anniversary, measured from the day its application for authority was filed. The report repeats the corporation's identity, its Oregon agent and office, its principal office and its president and secretary, with a note of its main activity, all as it stood thirty days before the anniversary. The fee is $275. A report that lacks required information is returned, and the corporation has 45 days after notice to correct it.

If the corporation lapses

Oregon can revoke a foreign corporation's authority on 7 grounds, including an annual report not delivered, fees not paid, no agent or office, and an unreported change of agent. It gives written notice and 45 days to correct the grounds. A revoked corporation can apply for reinstatement within 5 years.

Corporation compared with LLC

Same fee, same yearly fee, same court bar, same agent rules, same revocation process, same five-year address commitment on withdrawal. The differences are in what is named: an LLC names its management type, and a corporation names its president and secretary.

Choosing the officers to name

The president and secretary named on the application are the ones who appear in the corporation's annual report each year, so choose officers who will keep the role, and update the report when they change.

Nonprofits

A foreign nonprofit pays $50 to apply, $50 to amend or withdraw and $50 a year.

Leaving

A corporation applies for withdrawal for $275. Its application mirrors the LLC one: it says its Oregon business is over, hands back its authority, ends its agent's role, names a mailing address and agrees to keep it current for 5 years.

Filing for a corporation through us

Send your answers
Name, home state, registry number, president, secretary, agent.
We check the name
Against Oregon active names.
We arrange the proof
The registry number, or a dated certificate.
An officer signs
The declaration at the end.
We file
With the $275 fee.

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.

Corporation questions

Can a corporation list shareholders?

The application asks for the president and secretary, not shareholders.

How long do we have to fix a problem?

Forty-five days after written notice.

Who is named on the application?

The president and the secretary, with their addresses.

What triggers revocation?

An annual report not delivered, fees not paid, no agent or office, an unreported change in them, and other grounds the statute lists.

Does a corporation pay the same yearly fee as an LLC?

Yes, $275.

Does a nonprofit file the same form?

A foreign nonprofit has its own application and its own fees.

Have the application filed

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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