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An out-of-state LLC in Alaska
If your out-of-state LLC does business in Alaska, it registers with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing for a fee of $350.
Do you need to register?
That depends on what the LLC does in Alaska, and Alaska’s statute is the authority. The law behind it, from the state’s own sources: Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.600 to 10.50.670; Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.675 to 10.50.720; Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.750 to 10.50.765; Alaska Statutes, AS 43.70.020 to 43.70.030. If the answer is not clear, a Alaska attorney can say.
If you register: what to bring
- The application: Form 08-0497, Certificate of Registration, Foreign Limited Liability Company
- Filed with: Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
- Fee: $350
- Paper from your formation state: Certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home state
- A local agent: A registered agent in Alaska
Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Alaska (2026)
Handing the Alaska registration to a service? In order of our preference.
- 1. Mainstay Filing $199 + the $350 state fee = $549; registered agent free for the first year, then $149 a year.
- 2. AK Registered Agent.org $199 + the $350 state fee = $549; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
- 3. Alaska Registered Agent.co $199 + the $350 state fee = $549; registered agent included for the first year, then $99 a year.
Service prices from each provider’s Alaska page, read October 29, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
Where Alaska sits
47th cheapest of 50 at $350, in the band $250 to $499. It is one of 36 states that want paper from the formation state.
Alaska questions
Does an out-of-state LLC have to register in Alaska?
Alaska registers foreign LLCs through the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. Whether your activity requires it is set by Alaska’s statute, linked below; we do not offer one test for every state. If it does, the fee is $350.
What does an out-of-state LLC file in Alaska?
Form 08-0497, Certificate of Registration, Foreign Limited Liability Company, with Certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home state.
What does it keep up afterward?
Biennial report (Alaska Division of Corporations), $200 (due: before January 2 of every second year), and a registered agent in the state.
Sources
- Form 08-0497, Certificate of Registration (PDF): www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/corp0497.pdf, updated October 29, 2026
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.600 to 10.50.670: www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50.600&secEnd=10.50.670, updated October 29, 2026
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.675 to 10.50.720: www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50.675&secEnd=10.50.720, updated October 29, 2026
- Alaska Statutes, AS 10.50.750 to 10.50.765: www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=10.50.750&secEnd=10.50.765, updated October 29, 2026
- Alaska Statutes, AS 43.70.020 to 43.70.030: www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=43.70.020&secEnd=43.70.030, updated October 29, 2026