LLC STATES

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Oklahoma LLC

oldest record on this page verified 2026-07-17

sources: linked on each field, listed in full below

An Oklahoma trade name never expires

Oklahoma receives LLC filings at its Secretary of State, and the annual certificate is due on the formation anniversary. No franchise tax sits on this record, a verified absence, and no standard timeline is published by the office. What it does sell is same day filing, priced per document on the form itself.

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The trade name report never lapses once filed, and it is notice rather than a right: exclusive rights come from a trademark registration, not from the report. Registered trade names still enter the screen that new entity names are checked against, so the filing blocks in practice what it does not own in law. Either the company itself or a resident individual may take the agent seat here.

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Annual report

$25

Due Anniversary date, printed as the state writes it.

last verified 2026-07-17

sos.ok.gov

Franchise tax

none

No recurring state-level tax on an LLC here. The absence is verified against the state, not missing data.

verified absent 2026-08-07

oscn.net

Anonymous LLC

no

Member or organizer names reach the public formation record here.

dataset revision 2026-08-06

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Processing time

none published

This state publishes no standard processing time, which is not the same as filing instantly. Expedited formation starts at $25.

verified absent 2026-08-09

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Name designators

Must contain the words "limited liability company" or "limited company," or the abbreviations "LLC," "LC," "L.L.C.," or "L.C." The word "Limited" may be abbreviated "Ltd." and "Company" may be abbreviated "Co."

Statute: Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 2008.

last verified 2026-08-06

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Name reservation

$10

Optional filing that holds the name for 60 days before you form.

last verified 2026-08-06

sos.ok.gov

DBA

trade name

One statewide register; the filing costs $25.

last verified 2026-08-06

sos.ok.gov

An individual as the agent

allowed

Whether a person may hold the seat, so nobody has to be hired. The terms Oklahoma attaches, and the entity question, sit in the registered agent section.

last verified 2026-08-09

sos.ok.gov

field 05 carries the date it was observed, not a promise: of the two halves beside it, only the expedited tiers are prices the state commits to

What are the Oklahoma trade name rules?

Oklahoma calls it the trade name, and keeps one statewide register for it. The state filing costs $25.

Where an LLC files

sos.ok.gov

How long it lasts

Perpetual (no expiration)

A Trade Name Report does not expire and is not renewed; it remains on file until the filer withdraws it while the underlying entity stays in good standing.

Newspaper publication

not required

What the filing protects

no exclusive right

A Trade Name Report is a notice filing; exclusive rights in a name come from a trademark or service mark registered under Title 78, not from the trade name report. It does carry a practical effect: because § 2008 screens new entity names against trade, fictitious, and reserved names, a registered trade name blocks a later entity or reserved name that is not distinguishable from it while active.

Where to search existing names

sos.ok.gov

Trade names registered with the Secretary of State appear in the same business records search as entities, since they are part of the § 2008 distinguishability records. Oklahoma keeps DBA filings entirely at the state level, so there is no separate county index to check.

one record, verified 2026-08-06 · Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 1140

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What does it take to register an out-of-state LLC in Oklahoma?

Registering an LLC formed elsewhere is its own filing in Oklahoma. The registration costs $300. That price belongs to a separate filing event, so it enters no cost total on this site.

Registration fee

$300

Flat $300.00 filing fee for the Application for Registration (Foreign Limited Liability Company), stated on the form and the fee schedule; in-person same-day delivery adds a $25.00 fee.

sos.ok.gov

The official form

Application for Registration (Foreign Limited Liability Company)

sos.ok.gov

Filed with

Oklahoma Secretary of State, 421 N.W. 13th, Suite 210, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103

sos.ok.gov

After registration

File the annual certificate each year on the company's anniversary date ($25.00), and pay the $40.00 annual agent fee on July 1 when the Secretary of State acts as registered agent.

sos.ok.gov

one record, verified 2026-08-08

The same fee for every other jurisdiction sits on one page: foreign qualification fees for every jurisdiction.

Who may serve as the registered agent in Oklahoma?

Who may serve as an LLC's registered agent is its own rule in Oklahoma. Oklahoma lets a natural person serve, so no commercial agent is required. The LLC itself may also hold the seat.

An individual as the agent

Allowed

in the state's words an individual resident of Oklahoma

sos.ok.gov

The LLC as its own agent

Allowed

sos.ok.gov

A mailbox service as the address

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Address rule

The registered office address must be a street address. P.O. Boxes are not acceptable.

sos.ok.gov

one record, verified 2026-08-09

The same four answers for every other jurisdiction sit on one page: registered agent rules for every jurisdiction.

Where do these figures come from?

Every figure on this sheet renders from the pinned dataset snapshot, and each card links the page its own figure came from. This list collects those pages in one place, with the duplicates removed and the agency named.

The rule behind every figure here, and what a card does when one cannot be verified, sits on how a figure gets verified.

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