How to Form an LLC in Alabama

• Filing fee: $208
• Processing time: Immediate

1. Choose an LLC Name

Use the Secretary of State’s website (choose the option “Entity Name”) to search the business database and see if the name is already registered. If there are no search results, the name is available.

2. Decide which type of LLC

Domestic LLC – For an LLC located within Alabama.

• Online Filing
• Paper Filing (Certificate of Formation)

Foreign LLC – For a business with a principal office location outside Alabama seeking to do business within the State.

Step 3 – Pay the fee that is associated with your filing and attach to the Certificate of Formation. Make all checks payable to the ‘Alabama Secretary of State’.

Domestic – $100
Foreign – $150

Step 4 – Mail the fee and Certificate of Formation to the following address;

Domestic – Your local Probate County Office

Foreign – Office of the Secretary of State, PO Box 5616, Montgomery, AL 36103

After creation the Privilege Tax Form must be filed within 2.5 months.

Reserve an LLC Name

Reserve an LLC name by going filing The Application and attaching the $10 filing fee. Send the fee and form to the mailing address below:

PO Box 5616, Montgomery, AL 36103