Jurisdiction record

Oklahoma

Everything this record holds on Oklahoma: 55 fee cells, 9 verified registered-agent statute citations, 38 good-standing status strings, 7 governance rules, a state-level DBA regime, 11 official statute files in the verification corpus, and 4 monitored sources.

Filing agency: Oklahoma Secretary of State. Official sites: agency home (opens the official source) · forms and fees (opens the official source) · fee schedule (opens the official source) · entity search (opens the official source) · annual report filing (opens the official source) · statutes (opens the official source)

Filing fees

Statutory fee is the amount fixed by statute or the agency schedule. Effective remittance is what actually leaves the bank once any e-payment surcharge or bundled component is included. Partnership entity types are covered too: LP is a limited partnership, LLP a limited liability partnership, LLLP a limited liability limited partnership. A row reading not offered or no report required is a verified positive finding cited to the statute that proves it - not a gap.

Oklahoma filing fees by transaction and entity type
TransactionStatutory feeEffective remittanceComponents and changesStatus
Formation - LLC$100$104bundled: portal surcharge $4.00; e-payment surcharge 4.0%Verified
Formation - Corporation$50$52bundled: portal surcharge $2.00; e-payment surcharge 4.0%Verified
Formation - LP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
Formation - LLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
Formation - LLLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
Annual report - LLC$25$26bundled: portal surcharge $1.00; e-payment surcharge 4.0%Verified
Annual report - Corporationno such filing in this jurisdictionNot published
Annual report - LP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
Annual report - LLLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
Annual report - LLPno report requiredOkla. Stat. tit. 54, § 1-1001(f) - LLP status is perpetual until canceled; Title 54 contains no annual report or renewal requirement for domestic LLPs · source (opens the official source)Verified
Certificate of good standing - All entity types$20not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - Corporation$25not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - LLC$25not yet publishednonePending review
Change of registered agent - LP$25not yet publishednonePending review
Change of registered agent - LLLP$25not yet publishednonePending review
Change of registered agent - LLP$25not yet publishednonePending review
amendment - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - LP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - LLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - LLLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - corp_foreign$200not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - nonprofit_foreign$200not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - Corporation$100not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LLLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - Corporation$100not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - Nonprofit$50not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LLLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - Corporation$300not yet publishednonePending review
foreign_qualification - Nonprofit$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - LLC$300not yet publishednonePending review
foreign_qualification - LP$300not yet publishednonePending review
foreign_qualification - LLP$100not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - LLLP$300not yet publishednonePending review
foreign_withdrawal - Corporation$100not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - Nonprofit$100not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - LP$100not yet publishednonePending review
foreign_withdrawal - LLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - LLLP$100not yet publishednonePending review
dissolution - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LLC$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LLLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
cancellation - LLP$50not yet publishednonePending review
dissolution_by_incorporators - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution_by_incorporators - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
reinstatement - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
reinstatement - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
Provenance - Oklahoma fee schedulePending review

49 of 60 fee datums on this page are verified against the agency's own published schedule or statute (2026-09-04); the rest are marked pending review in the Status column - portal-surcharge components no official page states, values the official source contradicts (held for a correction package), or sources that could not be reached.

Records
55 fee cells
Retrieved
2026-08-04 to 2026-09-21
Official schedule
the agency's own published schedule (opens the official source)

Values were first corroborated across independent internal records; verified cells now also carry the agency's own published schedule or statute as their authority, which is what promotion to verified requires.

Cost position

Ranked 17 of 54 on first-year state filing cost, at $130.00 against a national median of $185.00. Recurring annual cost $26. See the full ranking.

$35 $70 $105 $140 CA California $110 SC South Carolin $125 IN Indiana $129 OK Oklahoma $130 NE Nebraska $131 PA Pennsylvania $132 LA Louisiana $140
Where Oklahoma sits among its neighbours in the first-year cost ranking (USD)
Show all 54 jurisdictions
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The full ranking with Oklahoma highlighted (USD)

Registered-agent statutes, quoted verbatim

The one section on this page that clears the publication gate in full. 9 citations, verified, quoted from the official code with every elision marked.

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 1021 Verified

Oklahoma General Corporation Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18) · applies to corporations

Registered office in state - Principal office or place of business in state.A. Every corporation shall have and maintain in this state a registered office which may, but need not be, the same as its place of business. [...] C. As contained in any certificate of incorporation or other document filed with the Secretary of State under this title, the address of a registered office shall include the street, number, city, state and postal code.

retrieved 2026-07-29 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 1022 Verified

Oklahoma General Corporation Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18) · applies to corporations

Registered agent in state - Resident agent.A. Every domestic corporation shall have and maintain in this state a registered agent, which agent may be any of the following: 1. The domestic corporation itself; 2. An individual resident of this state; 3. A domestic corporation, a domestic partnership whether general or limited and including a limited liability partnership or a limited liability limited partnership or a domestic limited liability company; or 4. A foreign corporation, a foreign limited liability partnership, a foreign limited partnership, a foreign limited liability limited partnership or a foreign limited liability company, if authorized to transact business in this state. [...] C. Each registered agent for a domestic corporation or foreign corporation shall: 1. If an entity, maintain a business office identical with the registered office which is open during regular business hours, or if an individual, be generally present at the registered office to accept service of process and otherwise perform the functions of a registered agent; [...]

retrieved 2026-07-29 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 2010 Verified

Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18, §§ 2000-2060) · applies to LLCs

Registered office and agent.A. Every domestic limited liability company and registered series shall continuously maintain in this state: 1. A registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its principal place of business; and 2. A registered agent for service of process on the limited liability company or registered series that may be the domestic limited liability company or registered series itself, an individual resident of this state or a domestic or qualified foreign corporation, limited liability company or general or limited partnership including a limited liability partnership or a limited liability limited partnership. Each registered agent shall maintain a business office identical with the registered office which is open during regular business hours to accept service of process and otherwise perform the functions of a registered agent.

retrieved 2026-07-29 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 1005 Verified

Oklahoma General Corporation Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18) · applies to corp

Incorporators - How Corporation Formed - Purposes.A. Any person, partnership, association or corporation, singly or jointly with others, and without regard to his or their residence, domicile or state of incorporation, may incorporate or organize a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation which shall be executed, acknowledged and filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of this act; [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 2004 Verified

Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18, §§ 2000-2060) · applies to LLCs

Filing the articles of organization.A. One or more persons may form a limited liability company upon the filing of executed articles of organization with the Office of the Secretary of State. B. 1. When the articles of organization become effective, the proposed organization becomes a limited liability company under the name and subject to the purposes, conditions, and provisions stated in the articles. [...] 2. Filing of the articles by the Office of the Secretary of State is conclusive evidence of the formation of the limited liability company.

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 2055.2 Verified

Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18, §§ 2000-2060) · applies to LLCs

Annual certificate for domestic limited liability company and foreign limited liability company.A. Every domestic limited liability company and every foreign limited liability company registered to do business in this state shall file a certificate each year in the Office of the Secretary of State, which confirms it is an active business and includes its principal place of business address, and shall pay an annual certificate fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). B. The annual certificate shall be due on the anniversary date of filing the articles of organization, articles of registered series, or registration, as the case may be, until cancellation of the articles of organization or articles of registered series or withdrawal of the registration.

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 2012.1(B) Verified

Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18, §§ 2000-2060) · applies to LLCs

Cancellation of articles of organization.B. The articles of organization of a domestic limited liability company or articles of registered series of a registered series shall be deemed to be canceled if the domestic limited liability company or registered series fails to file the annual certificate and pay the annual fee provided in Section 2055.2 of this title or pay the registered agent fee to the Secretary of State due under Section 2055 of this title within three (3) years from the date the certificate or fee is due, the cancellation to be effective on the third anniversary of the due date.

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 1006(A)(1) Verified

Oklahoma General Corporation Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18) · applies to corp

Certificate of incorporation - contents.A. The certificate of incorporation shall set forth: 1. The name of the corporation which shall contain one of the words "association", "company", "corporation", "club", "foundation", "fund", "incorporated", "institute", "society", "union", "syndicate", or "limited" or abbreviations thereof, with or without punctuation [...] and which shall be such as to distinguish it upon the records in the Office of the Secretary of State from: a. names of other corporations, whether domestic or foreign, then existing or which existed at any time during the preceding three (3) years, [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 2008 Verified

Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act (Okla. Stat. tit. 18, §§ 2000-2060) · applies to LLCs

Name of company - Restrictions.A. The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its articles of organization shall contain either 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 as "LTD." and the word "Company" may be abbreviated as "CO." [...] C. The name of the limited liability company or registered series may not be the same as or indistinguishable from: 1. Names upon the records in the Office of the Secretary of State of limited liability companies [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence medium · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/osStatuesTitle.aspx (opens the official source)

2 statutory citations and their supporting verbatim quotations sit behind this section in the record and are withheld from public display until the review pass lands, because a citation presented as authority is a verification claimed. Statutory references appearing inside the summaries above are part of the recorded text rather than an authority claim, and they are not rendered as citations, linked, or emitted in this page's structured data. How the gate works.

Registered-agent rules in practice

Who may serve as the agent

Pending review

Every domestic corporation must maintain a registered agent, which may be the corporation ITSELF, an individual Oklahoma resident, a domestic corporation/partnership/LLP/LLLP/LLC, or a foreign entity authorized to transact business in Oklahoma. Entity agents must keep a business office identical with the registered office open during regular business hours; individual agents must be generally present there. LLCs mirror this (the LLC itself, a resident individual, or a domestic/qualified foreign entity, 18 O.S. § 2010(A)(2)). Foreign corporations must maintain the Secretary of State as registered agent and may add an additional agent, but may not be their own agent (18 O.S. § 1022(B)).

Is the agent's consent required

Pending review

Consent required: no.

What happens when the agent cannot be served

Pending review

When an entity has no registered agent or the agent cannot be found, service of process may be made by serving the Secretary of State as the entity's agent, as provided in 12 O.S. § 2004 (the civil procedure code). Stated for corporations after an uncured agent resignation (§ 1026(C)) and generally for LLCs (§ 2010(E)).

What happens if there is no agent

Pending review
Dollar amounts named in the registered-agent statutes
WhatAmountStatus
Annual fee for the Secretary of State acting as a corporation's registered agent (nonpayment triggers charter suspension/forfeiture)$100.00 per yearPending review
Each service of process made upon and accepted by the Secretary of State (corporations fee schedule)$25.00Pending review
Filing a change of address, change of name, or resignation of a corporation's registered agent ($5.00 for each additional corporation within a bulk filing beyond the first forty)$25.00Pending review
Annual fee for the Secretary of State acting as registered agent of an LLC or registered series$40.00 per yearPending review
Service of notice, demand, or process upon the Secretary of State as resident agent of an LLC (recoverable as taxable costs by a prevailing party)$25.00Pending review
Filing an LLC statement of change of address of the principal office or change of resident agent, or both$25.00Pending review
LLC annual certificate fee (nonpayment path that leads to loss of good standing and eventual cancellation)$25.00Pending review

16 statutory citations and their supporting verbatim quotations sit behind this section in the record and are withheld from public display until the review pass lands, because a citation presented as authority is a verification claimed. Statutory references appearing inside the summaries above are part of the recorded text rather than an authority claim, and they are not rendered as citations, linked, or emitted in this page's structured data. How the gate works.

Governance rules

7 governance rules are recorded for Oklahoma - the organizational and annual meetings, action by written consent, and whether bylaws or an operating agreement are mandatory. Each verified rule links to the statutory text it was verified against, quoted verbatim below.

Oklahoma corporate and LLC governance rules
RuleEntityAppliesDetailCitationStatus
Organizational meeting requiredCorporationyes18 O.S. § 1012Verified
Annual meeting requiredCorporationyes18 O.S. § 1056(B)-(C)Verified
Action by written consent allowedCorporationyes18 O.S. § 1073(A)Verified
Bylaws requiredCorporationyes18 O.S. § 1013(A)Verified
Operating agreement requiredLLCno18 O.S. §§ 2001(20), 2012.2(A)Verified
Annual meeting requiredLLCno18 O.S. § 2020(A)Verified
Action by written consent allowedLLCyes18 O.S. § 2020(A), (D)Verified

The statutory text behind each rule

18 O.S. § 1012 Verified

Organizational meeting required · applies to corporations · yes

After the filing of the certificate of incorporation, an organization meeting of the incorporator or incorporators, or of the board of directors if the initial directors were named... shall be held... for the purposes of adopting bylaws...

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf (opens the official source)

18 O.S. § 1056(B)-(C) Verified

Annual meeting required · applies to corporations · yes

Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting... an annual meeting of shareholders shall be held for the election of directors... the district court may summarily order a meeting to be held...

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf (opens the official source)

18 O.S. § 1073(A) Verified

Action by written consent allowed · applies to corporations · yes

Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, any action... may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent or consents... signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes...

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf (opens the official source)

18 O.S. § 1013(A) Verified

Bylaws required · applies to corporations · yes

The original or other bylaws of a corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the incorporators, by the initial directors... or, before a corporation... has received any payment for any of its stock, by its board of directors.

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf (opens the official source)

18 O.S. §§ 2001(20), 2012.2(A) Verified

Operating agreement required · applies to LLCs · no

"Operating agreement", regardless of whether referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, in a record, implied or in any combination thereof, means any agreement of the members, including a sole member...

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified · www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf (opens the official source)

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Doing business as

State-level regime

Verified
Filing office
Oklahoma Secretary of State
State fee
$25 Trade Name Report (18 O.S. 1140/1142); amended $25, withdrawal $25, transfer $25
Term
perpetual (no expiration or renewal provision in statute, form, or fee schedule)
Renewal
None - no renewal requirement; file Amended Trade Name ($25) for changes or Withdrawal ($25) to cancel
Publication
Not required. None
Online filing
Available
The regime
Oklahoma is a state-level filing regime: a business operating under a name other than its legal name files a trade name report with the Oklahoma Secretary of State under 18 O.S. § 1140, and partnerships operating under a fictitious name file a separate fictitious name certificate with the Secretary of State under 54 O.S. § 81. There is no county-level DBA filing.
Where it is filed
Both the general trade name report (18 O.S. § 1140) and the partnership fictitious name certificate (54 O.S. § 81) are filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.
Name restrictions
The trade name must be distinguishable on the Secretary of State's records from names of domestic and foreign business entities (existing now or within the preceding three years), other trade names or fictitious names on file, and reserved names.
Assumed names for registered entities
The entity-side mechanism is the same § 1140 trade name report (it is written for corporations and other business entities). For name conflicts, 18 O.S. § 1141(3) lets a foreign business entity whose true name is unavailable in Oklahoma qualify by adopting a fictitious name by resolution, used to the exclusion of its true name in the state.
Penalties
Partners doing business under an unregistered fictitious name cannot maintain any action on partnership contracts or transactions in Oklahoma courts until the certificate is filed; compliance at any time removes the disability retroactively.
Official source
www.sos.ok.gov/business/fees.aspx (opens the official source)

Fees stated in or alongside the act

3 fee records held for Oklahoma
FeeAmountAuthorityStatus
Trade name report filing (via the catch-all fee for any report required to be filed with the Secretary of State - no line item names trade name reports)$25.0018 O.S. § 1142(A)(1)Verified
Partnership fictitious name certificate$50.0054 O.S. § 1-105(g)(9)Verified
Amendment to partnership fictitious name certificate$25.0054 O.S. § 1-105(g)(9)Verified

Known gaps in the record

Common questions

Where do I file a trade name (DBA) in Oklahoma?

With the Oklahoma Secretary of State. 18 O.S. § 1140(A) requires a corporation or other business entity doing business under any name other than its legal name to file a trade name report with the Secretary of State, and 54 O.S. § 81(A) requires a partnership transacting business under a fictitious name to file a certificate with the Secretary of State. Oklahoma's statutes place these filings at the state level, not with a county clerk.

Does my Oklahoma trade name have to be different from existing names?

Yes. Under 18 O.S. § 1140(A), the trade name must be distinguishable on the Secretary of State's records from the names of domestic and foreign business entities (existing now or at any time in the preceding three years), from other trade names or fictitious names on file, and from reserved names.

What happens if a partnership does business under an unregistered fictitious name in Oklahoma?

Under 54 O.S. § 83, the partners may not maintain any action on partnership contracts or transactions in Oklahoma courts until the certificate is filed. The statute also provides that filing at any time restores the right to sue on contracts entered into both before and after compliance.

What if a company expanding into Oklahoma finds its name is already taken?

18 O.S. § 1141(3) addresses this: a foreign business entity whose name is the same as or indistinguishable from a name already on file may qualify to do business in Oklahoma by adopting, by duly executed resolution, a fictitious name that is not prohibited, which it must then use to the exclusion of its true name when transacting business in the state.

Recurring entity-level tax

No franchise or privilege tax in this jurisdiction

Verified
Administering agency
Oklahoma Tax Commission (administered the former franchise tax through its final TY2023 returns)
OTC news release 'Franchise Tax Ends in Oklahoma' (July 26, 2023) · source (opens the official source)

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Filing-office closures, 2026

Stored as a delta against the federal baseline: 2 days this state closes that the federal government does not, and 2 federal holidays its filing office works through.

Oklahoma 2026 closure delta
DateDayFiling office
2026-06-19JuneteenthOPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-10-12Columbus DayOPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-11-27Day after ThanksgivingFiling office closed
2026-12-24Christmas Eve (second Christmas day)Filing office closed
Provenance - Oklahoma 2026 closuresVerified

Citation withheld: this record did not clear the publication gate.

Source
oklahoma.gov/omes/divisions/human-capital-management/employee-benefits/leave-holidays/holidays.html (opens the official source)
Retrieved
2026-07-29
Confidence
high
Review
verified

Good-standing status decoder

38 distinct status strings observed for Oklahoma: 6 mean in good standing, 23 mean not in good standing, and 9 are deliberately unresolved. How this decoder is derived and why it can never be marked verified.

Oklahoma observed status strings and their verdict
Observed status VerdictConfidence
(BLANK)Unresolved - do not automate on thismedium
ACTIVEIn good standinghigh
CANCELLEDNot in good standinghigh
CONSOLIDATEDNot in good standingmedium
CONVERTEDNot in good standingmedium
DEFAULTNot in good standinghigh
DELETEDNot in good standinghigh
DELINQUENTNot in good standinghigh
DISSOLVEDNot in good standinghigh
EXPIREDNot in good standingmedium
FILED IN <YEAR>Unresolved - do not automate on thismedium
IMPENDING OUSTERNot in good standingmedium
IN EXISTENCEIn good standinghigh
IN EXISTENCE - NON QUALIFIEDNot in good standingmedium
IN EXISTENCE - QUALIFIEDIn good standinghigh
IN EXISTENCE / QUALIFIEDIn good standinghigh
IN EXISTENCE ACTIVEIn good standinghigh
IN USEUnresolved - do not automate on thislow
INACTIVENot in good standinghigh
JUDICIALLY DISSOLVEDNot in good standinghigh
MERGEDNot in good standingmedium
NON SOSUnresolved - do not automate on thismedium
NOT FILEDUnresolved - do not automate on thismedium
NOT YET FILEDUnresolved - do not automate on thismedium
NOT YET FILED SEE NOTESUnresolved - do not automate on thislow
OTC SUSPENSIONNot in good standinghigh
OTC SUSPENSION - QUALIFIEDNot in good standinghigh
OTC SUSPENSION STATUS DESCRIPTIONNot in good standinghigh
OUSTEDNot in good standingmedium
PAST DUE REPORTNot in good standinghigh
QUALIFIEDIn good standingmedium
RA NOTICE SENTUnresolved - do not automate on thislow
REPORT NOTICE SENTUnresolved - do not automate on thislow
REVOKEDNot in good standinghigh
TERMINATEDNot in good standinghigh
TRANSFERREDNot in good standingmedium
VOL. CANCELLEDNot in good standinghigh
WITHDRAWNNot in good standinghigh

Restricted entity-name words

9 restricted entity-name word entries are recorded for Oklahoma, the rest requiring an agency's consent or licensure before the word may appear in a name.

Governing law: 18 O.S. § 1006 (corporations) and § 2008 (LLCs) - no restricted-word lists; word restrictions in 6 O.S. §§ 1401, 1403.

Oklahoma restricted entity-name words
TreatmentWord or phrase AuthorityCitationStatus
Consent requiredBancState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(A), (D): 'The Secretary of State is prohibited from accepting any document for filing which includes the words Banc, Bank, Banker, Bankers, Banque, Investment Banker, Trust, Trust Company, or any derivative thereof, however spelled, unless the Commissioner has given written consent thereto.'Verified
Consent requiredBankState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(A), (D)Verified
Consent requiredBankerState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(A), (D)Verified
Consent requiredBankersState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(A), (D)Verified
Consent requiredBanqueState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(A), (D)Verified
Consent requiredinvestment bankerState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(A), (D)Verified
Consent requiredTrustState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(B), (D): unlawful for any person except state banks/national banks with trust powers and Oklahoma trust companies to use 'Trust' or 'Trust Company'; 'no firm, association or corporation hereafter organized under any other act shall use the word Trust or Trust Company as a part of its name'; SOS filing gate requires Commissioner written consentVerified
Consent requiredtrust companyState Banking Commissioner6 O.S. § 1401(B), (D)Verified
Restrictedsafe deposit6 O.S. § 1403: unlawful to use 'safe deposit', 'safety deposit' or deceptively similar words in connection with rental of storage space or 'in the title or name under which business was done' unless subject to Banking Department jurisdiction, a manufacturer/dealer in safe deposit equipment, or an association of such institutionsVerified

Filing channels

● accepted · ○ not accepted · ? unknown or conditional (hover for the recorded condition). Channel data covers 54 jurisdictions (2026-08-15 wave). Source links render on verified rows only.

Contact the filing office

Verified against the agency's own contact page 2026-08-13. Source links render on verified rows only.

Reaching the filing office

Verified
Phone
(405) 522-2520
Email
[email protected] (the only address the office publishes for the Business Division)
Mailing address
Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department, 421 N.W. 13th, Suite 210, Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Courier / walk-in
Same - 421 NW 13th St, Suite 210, Oklahoma City, OK 73103 (street address serves mail and courier alike)

Use the dedicated Business Filings line (522-2520, matches form footers) rather than the 521-3912 main line the registry holds; annual certificates and copy/good-standing orders each have their own direct lines

Purposed contact channels, Oklahoma
KindValueWhat it is forPurposeSource
phone(405) 522-2520Business FilingsBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
phone(405) 521-3912Main Telephone (also Trademark Filings and Summons)general_switchboardsource (opens the official source)
phone(405) 522-2822LLC & LP Annual CertificatesBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
phone(405) 521-4211Copy Orders and Good Standingsrecords_copiessource (opens the official source)
phone(405) 521-4211Authentications/Apostilleapostille_authenticationsource (opens the official source)
email[email protected]Business Division 'Email' linkBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
mailing_addressOklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department, 421 N.W. 13th, Suite 210, Oklahoma City, OK 73103Physical and Mailing AddressBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
courier_addressOklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department, 421 NW 13th St, Suite 210, Oklahoma City, OK 73103Same street address (no PO box regime)Expedited servicesource (opens the official source)
phone405-713-1801Oklahoma UCC Central Filing Office (Office of Maressa Treat, Oklahoma County Clerk)UCCsource (opens the official source)
mailing_addressOklahoma County Clerk, 320 Robert S. Kerr Room 203, Oklahoma City, OK 73102Oklahoma UCC Central Filing OfficeUCCsource (opens the official source)
phone405-713-1540County Clerk - Real Estate & UCCs (Department Directory)UCCsource (opens the official source)

UCC records

Where to search Oklahoma's UCC (Article 9) financing statements, on what terms, and what the office charges to file one. Verified against the filing office's own pages 2026-09-11. UCC division contacts are listed with the other filing-office contacts above.

UCC records - OklahomaVerified
Filing office
Oklahoma County Clerk - Oklahoma UCC Central Filing Office (Office of Maressa Treat, Oklahoma County Clerk) (not the Secretary of State)
Filing-office statute
12A O.S. 1-9-501(a)(2): 'the office of the county clerk of Oklahoma County, in all other cases' - https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=104982; Admin Rules 2024 rule 100.4: 'Filing office means the office of the County Clerk of Oklahoma County.' Transmitting-utility filings go to the Oklahoma Secretary of State (Admin Rules sec. 1).
Official search
https://www.okcc.online/index.php (opens the official source)
Access
free public search
Search fees, as the office states them
12A O.S. 1-9-525 (OSCN CiteID=105006): 'The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office in any medium designated by the filing office, including issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each debtor.' 'The fee for a copy of a record is One Dollar ($1.00) per page'. Admin Rules 20
UCC program page
the office's UCC page (opens the official source)
Online filing
filing portal (opens the official source)
Filing a UCC-1, as the office states the fee
$10 for 1 to 5 pages plus $1 for each page after 5 on paper; $10 filed electronically; e-recording through the online portal is $10 for the first 5 pages plus $1 per page after, plus a $3 electronic filing fee per document
Filing channels
filed at the county / parish office; Statewide UCC Central Filing Office = Oklahoma County Clerk, 320 Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma City (12A O.S. 1-9-501(a)(2)). Delivery per Admin Rules 100.1-100.6: personal delivery, other drop-off at the
Filing expedite
No expedited service is published; the filing office's administrative rule on expedited services is marked Reserved
UCC-3 amendments, as the office states the fees
UCC-3 Continuation, Amendment, Assignment and Termination Statement each $10 for 1 to 5 pages plus $1 for each page after 5
Effective for
5 years from filing - 12A O.S. 1-9-515(a)
Bulk data
published bulk-data program - $500 (initial database history)

Source: the office's UCC page (opens the official source)

State business license

Whether Oklahoma requires a general state-level business license, and on what terms. A "None" is a verified finding cited to the agency's own pages, not a gap. Which of the state's filings ask for an industry code is in the next section.

State business license - OklahomaVerified
General state license
None - the state issues no general business license; licensing is occupation-specific and local
Where a new business registers
Oklahoma Tax Commission agency page (opens the official source)
Revenue-department registration
required - Oklahoma Tax Commission register (opens the official source)
Occupational licensing hub
https://oklahoma.gov/business/operate/licenses-and-permits.html (opens the official source)
Local layer
county and city licenses - However, licenses for these activities may still be required by counties and municipalities.

5 of 6 fields verified against the agency's own pages (2026-09-11). Sources: oklahoma.gov (opens the official source) · oklahoma.gov (opens the official source) · oklahoma.gov (opens the official source) · oklahoma.gov (opens the official source)

Industry code on filings

Which of Oklahoma's business filings ask the filer for an industry classification, and in what form. "No industry information" is a positive finding cited to the form. Where the state uses its own category list and the list was captured, it is expandable below. The NAICS and SIC reference lists are on their own page.

Industry code on Oklahoma filings, 9 of 9 rows verified
FilingEntity scopeAsks forRequiredWhere on the formSource
Formationdomestic for-profit corporationno industry informationnot askedArticle 5 - free-text purpose; no code fieldsource (opens the official source)
Formationdomestic LLCno industry informationnot askedno purpose or industry field on the formsource (opens the official source)
Foreign registrationforeign for-profit corporationno industry informationnot askedPurpose article - free text; no codesource (opens the official source)
Foreign registrationforeign LLCno industry informationnot askedno purpose or industry fieldsource (opens the official source)
Annual reportdomestic and foreign LLCno industry informationnot askedAnnual Certificate - active yes/no, principal address, e-mail onlysource (opens the official source)
Annual reportdomestic and foreign for-profit corporationno industry informationnot askedno SOS annual report exists for corporationssource (opens the official source)
State business licenseallno industry informationnot askedno general state business license existssource (opens the official source)
Tax registrationallthe state's own listmandatoryBusiness Registration Application Item 14 (primary business type: manufacturing / vending machines / retail / wholesale / mobile vendor / medical marijuana / scsource (opens the official source)
Entity-tax returncorporationsno industry informationnot askedno current return; former FRX 200 asked only free-text 'In detail, please list the nature of business:'source (opens the official source)
Tax registration - Business Registration Application Section 5 Item 14 - primary business type (Packet A instructions and definitions), 7 options (visible only inside the filing portal; public instructions captured)
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Retail
  3. Wholesale
  4. Vending Machines (requiring decals)
  5. Mobile Vendor
  6. Medical Marijuana
  7. Scrap metal

Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Business Registration Instructions, Packet A, 'Section 5: Physical Location and Classification Information', Item 14 'Instructions and Definitions' (pp. 5-6); Item 17 (p. 6); p. 10 'Electronic Filing Required' (OTC Rule 710:65-3-1(d)) (opens the official source)

Counties

Oklahoma has 77 county-equivalents: 77 countyies. Names and codes are the U.S. Census Bureau's (2020 national county codes); county seats and official sites are not yet published here.

All 77 county-equivalents
Oklahoma county-equivalents
NameTypeFIPSNote
Adair Countycounty40001
Alfalfa Countycounty40003
Atoka Countycounty40005
Beaver Countycounty40007
Beckham Countycounty40009
Blaine Countycounty40011
Bryan Countycounty40013
Caddo Countycounty40015
Canadian Countycounty40017
Carter Countycounty40019
Cherokee Countycounty40021
Choctaw Countycounty40023
Cimarron Countycounty40025
Cleveland Countycounty40027
Coal Countycounty40029
Comanche Countycounty40031
Cotton Countycounty40033
Craig Countycounty40035
Creek Countycounty40037
Custer Countycounty40039
Delaware Countycounty40041
Dewey Countycounty40043
Ellis Countycounty40045
Garfield Countycounty40047
Garvin Countycounty40049
Grady Countycounty40051
Grant Countycounty40053
Greer Countycounty40055
Harmon Countycounty40057
Harper Countycounty40059
Haskell Countycounty40061
Hughes Countycounty40063
Jackson Countycounty40065
Jefferson Countycounty40067
Johnston Countycounty40069
Kay Countycounty40071
Kingfisher Countycounty40073
Kiowa Countycounty40075
Latimer Countycounty40077
Le Flore Countycounty40079
Lincoln Countycounty40081
Logan Countycounty40083
Love Countycounty40085
McClain Countycounty40087
McCurtain Countycounty40089
McIntosh Countycounty40091
Major Countycounty40093
Marshall Countycounty40095
Mayes Countycounty40097
Murray Countycounty40099
Muskogee Countycounty40101
Noble Countycounty40103
Nowata Countycounty40105
Okfuskee Countycounty40107
Oklahoma Countycounty40109
Okmulgee Countycounty40111
Osage Countycounty40113
Ottawa Countycounty40115
Pawnee Countycounty40117
Payne Countycounty40119
Pittsburg Countycounty40121
Pontotoc Countycounty40123
Pottawatomie Countycounty40125
Pushmataha Countycounty40127
Roger Mills Countycounty40129
Rogers Countycounty40131
Seminole Countycounty40133
Sequoyah Countycounty40135
Stephens Countycounty40137
Texas Countycounty40139
Tillman Countycounty40141
Tulsa Countycounty40143
Wagoner Countycounty40145
Washington Countycounty40147
Washita Countycounty40149
Woods Countycounty40151
Woodward Countycounty40153

Other records held

Other records held for Oklahoma
RecordValueStatus
State trademark registration$50 per class, 10 year term, $25 renewalPending review
Change of registered agent$25Pending review
Who must be named in public filingsLLC: articles of organization (Form 0074) and the annual certificate disclose NO members or managers - the annual certificate contains only an active-status checkbox, principal place of business street address, and contact email (form field inventory, annual_report wave); the RA-change statement is signed by 'any managPending review

These come from a research pass its own author graded CANDIDATES. They are shown because they are useful and withheld from every ranking on this site because they are not ratified.

The record itself

What backs this page
ArtefactHeld
Official statute files in the verification corpus 11 files, retrieved 2026-07-07
Monitored sources 4 sources under scheduled recheck
Official URLs on file 10 agency URL slots populated of 20 possible
Datasets held see the coverage matrix

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