Alaska Foreign Registration / Corporations
Alaska Form 08-414 for a foreign business corporation
Form 08-414 is the Certificate of Authority, Foreign Business Corporation. The form prints a filing fee of $350, made up of a $150 fee and a $200 tax, and the Division quotes approximately 10 to 15 business days to process a complete application. This is the one document on this site that Alaska calls a certificate of authority; an LLC gets a registration instead. We prepare and file it for $199.
Form 08-414 summary
- Filed by
- A business corporation formed outside Alaska
- Statute
- AS 10.06.730
- Fee
- $350 ($150 fee plus $200 tax)
- Items
- 12, numbered 1 to 12
- Sent to
- PO Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811
- Processing
- Approximately 10 to 15 business days
- Signed by
- The president or vice president and the secretary or assistant secretary; where one person holds two of those offices, two different people sign unless that person holds all of them
Item by item
| No. | The form asks | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legal name, with a tick that the corporation is in good standing at home | Contains corporation, company, incorporated or limited, or an abbreviation |
| 2 | An assumed name, if the legal name is not available in Alaska | Same ending rule |
| 3 | State of domicile, date of incorporation and duration | Duration: a specific future date of less than 100 years, or perpetual |
| 4 | Purpose, which may be "any lawful", and a six-digit NAICS code | The code must not conflict with the purpose |
| 5 | Registered agent, with physical and mailing addresses in Alaska | Individual resident or a qualifying corporation |
| 6 | Principal office address wherever located | Home address |
| 7 | Each alien affiliate, or "none" | AS 10.06.990 defines the term |
| 8 | Authorized shares by class, series and par value | Zero is not accepted |
| 9 | Issued shares by class, series and par value | If any are issued, complete Item 10 |
| 10 | Each holder of 5 percent or more and the percentage held | "None" if there is no such holder |
| 11 | Officers and directors with mailing addresses | No Social Security, licence or birth details |
| 12 | Signatures, printed names and dates | See the signing rule below |
Items 1 to 4: identity and purpose
The name must carry "corporation", "company", "incorporated" or "limited", or an abbreviation of one of them (AS 10.06.720), and the corporation ticks a box saying it is in good standing at home. The Division states that it cannot issue the certificate until that is true. Item 3 asks for the home state, the incorporation date as month, day and year, and a duration. A corporation with no planned end chooses perpetual; otherwise the duration is a specific future date less than a century away. Item 4's purpose may be "any lawful", paired with a NAICS code that has to agree with it.
Items 5 and 6: the agent and the home office
The agent must be an individual resident of Alaska or a corporation (not an LLC, LP or LLP) registered and in good standing with the Division; a corporation may not act as its own agent. The Division is clear that the registered agent is responsible for receiving and forwarding process, notices and demands to the corporation's last known address, so the agent has to be a real and reachable person or business in Alaska. Item 6 is the corporation's principal office wherever it sits, which is the home address rather than an Alaska one.
Items 7 to 11: affiliates, shares and officers
An alien affiliate under AS 10.06.990 is, in outline, a foreign person or foreign-controlled entity linked by control to the corporation. Items 8 to 10 deal with shares: the authorized number, which cannot be zero (a nonzero number of authorized shares, plus issued shares and every holder of 5 percent or more), the issued number, and every 5 percent holder. Item 11 lists officers and directors, and the form warns against putting in Social Security numbers, driver's licence numbers or birth dates, because the record is public.
Item 12: who signs
Alaska asks for two signatures: the president or vice president and the secretary or assistant secretary; where one person holds two of those offices, two different people sign unless that person holds all of them. A small corporation with one officer in every seat needs that officer only, but a two-person board where one holds two offices needs both people. The statute adds that the original application and an exact copy are delivered to the commissioner (AS 10.06.733). A signer who knowingly files something false commits a class A misdemeanor.
Fee, speed and delivery
Mail the original and payment to PO Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811. The form says complete and correct applications take approximately 10 to 15 business days, reviewed in date order, and refers filers to the Division's website for online filing.
Filing Form 08-414 through us
Tell us about the corporation
Name, home state, incorporation date, shares, officers and directors.
We confirm standing at home
We check the corporation is in good standing with its home state before the box is ticked.
We complete all twelve items
You review them before anything is signed.
Two officers sign where required
The president or vice president, and the secretary or assistant secretary.
We file and pay
The Alaska charge of $350 is passed on at cost.
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 08-414 questions
What does a foreign corporation pay Alaska to register?
$350, as $150 plus a $200 tax, according to the form.
Can one person sign both signature lines?
Only if that person holds every office. Where one person holds two of the named offices, two different people sign.
Does the form call for a home-state certificate?
The posted form has a box attesting good standing and does not mention an attachment. We confirm standing with the home state before filing.
What if the corporation has no shares issued yet?
Item 9 can show none issued, and then Item 10 is not needed. Authorized shares are still required.
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.
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 Administrative Code, 3 AAC 16.030 (corporation fees)
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.06.720 to 10.06.740 (certificate of authority)
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.