Foreign LLC registration for Alaska
Register your out-of-state LLC in Alaska
The form, the home-state certificate and the agent, then a calendar for the biennial reports that follow.
What you receive
- Certificate of registrationIssued by the Division once the filing is accepted.
- Home-state certificate copyYour copy of the good standing paper we attached.
- Registered agent entryWhether we serve or you bring someone, the name sits on the state record.
- Report calendarThe year and date of your first biennial report.
A foreign LLC registers in Alaska on Form 08-0497, the Certificate of Registration, Foreign Limited Liability Company, which the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing lists at $350. Filed online, the registration is posted the moment it is paid; filed on paper, the Division tells filers to allow up to 3 weeks from the date received. Our fee, $199, covers our work on the filing.
For an LLC, Alaska's word is registration, not certificate of authority, and what follows is unlike most states: a biennial report every second year, due before January 2, instead of a yearly one. It explains what you file once, what you owe every two years, and what happens to a company that lets a deadline pass.
- Your biennial report year, worked out
- Home-state certificate ordered
- Alaska registered agent available
We take care of
Registration form done
Form 08-0497 is completed from the answers you give at checkout.
Certificate ordered
The home-state certificate of good standing is requested and attached.
Agent in Alaska
We can be your Alaska registered agent. Bringing your own works too.
A two-year clock
Alaska LLCs file a biennial report, $200 every second year. We tell you which year is yours.
License reminder
Registering the entity does not give you a state business license. We point you to that step.
Replies from people
Questions about Alaska go to the person who files your paperwork.
From order to registered
Order with the details
The name as it reads on the home-state certificate, the date and state of formation, its principal office, who the members or managers are, and who will sign.
We request the home-state certificate
Alaska asks for a certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home jurisdiction to be attached. We order a fresh one for every filing.
Pick or confirm the Alaska agent
Use ours, or name an Alaska resident or corporation you already work with.
We file the registration
Form 08-0497 goes to the Division with the fee, online where possible.
You get the registration and a report date
We send the posted registration and tell you which even or odd year your biennial report belongs to.
Alaska foreign LLC registration at a glance
- Form
- Form 08-0497, Certificate of Registration, Foreign Limited Liability Company
- Filed with
- Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
- State fee
- $350
- Ways to file
- Online for immediate posting, or by mail to PO Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811 (not by email)
- Hard-copy speed
- Up to 3 weeks from the date received
- Home-state proof
- A certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home jurisdiction
- Registered agent
- Required, with physical and mailing addresses in Alaska
- Biennial report
- $200, due before January 2 of the filing year
- Late report
- $25 late charge plus a ten percent surcharge, then revocation if it goes unfixed
- Business license
- Separate, $50 a year
State cost by entity type
| Entity | Alaska form | Fee to register | Reporting cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC | Form 08-0497 | $350 | $200 every second year |
| Business corporation | Form 08-414 | $350 | $200 biennial corporation tax |
The corporation figure is the $150 filing fee plus a $200 tax printed together on the form. The cost page adds the business license and a worked first-cycle total.
Do you have to register at all?
Alaska's statute bars a foreign LLC from conducting affairs in the state until it has registered (AS 10.50.605), and it lists 9 activities that fall outside the rule, such as defending a lawsuit, member meetings, a bank account, sales made through independent contractors, orders accepted outside Alaska, and one deal finished within 30 days. The list opens with the word "include", so it is not exhaustive. Read the page on when a foreign LLC must register for the cases, and remember that we cannot decide your facts for you.
Why the biennial report sets the rhythm
After registration the Division expects a biennial report from the LLC every second year, $200 each time, due before January 2 of the filing year. The year you register fixes your parity: a foreign LLC registering in an even-numbered year reports in even-numbered years, and one registering in an odd-numbered year reports in odd-numbered years. Delinquency begins once February 1 has passed, and it brings a $25 late charge and a ten percent surcharge. The biennial report page walks through the contents and the late math.
The cost of staying unregistered
A foreign LLC that conducts affairs in Alaska without registering cannot sue in an Alaska court until it registers, owes the fees registration would have carried, and can be fined up to $10,000 for every calendar year, partial years included, in which it operates unregistered (AS 10.50.700(a)). The contracts it signed remain valid and it can still defend itself. The penalty page goes through each consequence.
Agent, license and corporations
Every registered LLC keeps an Alaska registered agent, and the Division insists on a real location, not a virtual address or a mail forwarder. The registered agent page covers who can serve and the $25 change form. A state business license is a separate purchase at $50 a year, covered in the step-by-step guide. A business corporation uses Form 08-414 instead, and a company that has stopped working in Alaska leaves on Form 08-502.
Delaware and Wyoming companies
Most out-of-state LLCs come from Delaware or Wyoming, and each brings its own home-state costs to the Alaska decision. Pages for Delaware LLCs and Wyoming LLCs set the two states side by side. If you would rather file without us, the do-it-yourself page explains the online and paper routes.
What a two-year cycle does to your budget
The report arrives every second year. An LLC pays $350 to register, and the first biennial report follows at the next January 2 of its parity, or sooner if the Division sends a form asking for it within six months of organization. Through that first report the state cost is $550, before any business license. Add a year of license at $50 and the figure is $600. In the quiet years, nothing is due to the Division. A reminder guards against revocation, which the statute allows after 60 days' notice by certified mail to the agent.
What the Division will not do for you
The Division processes filings; it does not advise. Its own pages say that it offers no counsel on how the law applies to a given business, and that ignorance of a requirement does not excuse it.
Online or by mail, in short
Online is the quicker route where the Division offers it: the filing posts on payment, and you can print it from the entity record straight away. The price of that speed is a myAlaska account and a card. Mail suits a company with a check run already scheduled and no rush, with the wait the Division states on the form. Either way the Alaska fee is $350. We file online whenever we can and use the paper form for anything the online system does not carry.
Have these ready before you order
- The legal name, copied from the home-state certificate.
- Its state of formation and original formation date.
- The principal office address, street and mailing.
- Each member or manager, and every owner of 5 percent or more, with percentages.
- Your choice of Alaska registered agent, or a request to use ours.
- The name of the person who will sign.
With those in hand, we do the rest.
Where each question is answered
| If you are asking | Read |
|---|---|
| What the filing costs, line by line | The cost page |
| Whether the LLC has to register | When to register |
| What goes in each part of the form | The Form 08-0497 page |
| How the two-year report works | The biennial report page |
| What happens if you skip registration | The penalty page |
| Who may be the Alaska agent | The registered agent page |
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.
Our charge, then the Alaska fee
Register in Alaska
Alaska$199
+ $350 Alaska fee
- Form 08-0497, the Certificate of Registration, Foreign Limited Liability Company, completed from your answers
- Certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home state, ordered for the filing
- An Alaska registered agent: ours, or one you already work with
- The filed registration and the year your first biennial report falls in
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Our charge and the Alaska fee are separate lines 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.
Alaska foreign LLC questions
What will Alaska charge a foreign LLC to register?
The Division lists $350 on Form 08-0497. A first biennial report of $200 follows in the first cycle, so the state total through that report is $550.
How long does Alaska take to register a foreign LLC?
Online filings are posted immediately after payment. A mailed application can take up to 3 weeks from the date received, and the Division says renewals can slow the line between October and February.
Do I need a certificate of good standing from my home state?
Yes. In Part IV the company attests that it is in good standing at home, and the application attaches a certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home jurisdiction as the proof.
Is the report yearly or every two years?
Every two years. It is due before January 2 of the filing year, and the year of registration decides whether you report in even or odd years.
Can my registered agent live outside Alaska?
No. The agent must be in Alaska with a physical location. The Division accepts a full-time Alaska resident individual (an owner, employee, CPA, attorney, friend or family member) or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to do business in Alaska; not an LLC, LLP or LP.
Does registering give me an Alaska business license?
No. The Division says an entity needs a business license before engaging in business. The license is $50 a year.
What if Alaska will not accept my LLC's name?
Part III of the form takes an assumed name. The legal name must otherwise match the home-state record exactly.
How do I leave Alaska later?
File Form 08-502, the certificate of cancellation, for $25. The biennial reports must be current first.
References
- Alaska Division of Corporations, forms and fees
- Alaska Form 08-0497, Registration of Foreign LLC
- Alaska Administrative Code, 3 AAC 16.065
- Alaska Form 08-414, Certificate of Authority, Foreign Business Corporation
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.760
- Alaska Statutes, AS 43.70.020 to 43.70.030 (business license)
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.06.845 (biennial corporation tax)
- Alaska Administrative Code, 3 AAC 16.030 (corporation fees)
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.600 to 10.50.670 (foreign limited liability companies)
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.675 to 10.50.720
- Alaska Division of Corporations, exemption FAQs
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.750 to 10.50.765 (biennial reports)
- Alaska Form 08-409, Statement of Change of Registered Agent
- Alaska Form 08-502, Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign LLC
- Alaska Division of Corporations, Corporations Section home page
- Alaska Division of Corporations, foreign LLC online filing instructions
- Alaska Division of Corporations, registered agent FAQs
Taking on work in Alaska?
Order once and we handle the certificate, the form and the agent, then tell you when the biennial report falls due.