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Cost position
Ranked 32 of 51 on first-year state
filing cost, at $200.00 against a national median
of $175.00.
Recurring annual cost $250.
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Registered-agent statutes, quoted verbatim
The one section on this page that clears the publication gate in full. 2 citations, verified, quoted from the official code with every elision marked.
ORS 60.111
◎Verified
Oregon Business Corporation Act (ORS ch. 60, Private Corporations) · applies to
corporations
Limited Liability Companies (ORS ch. 63) · applies to
LLCs
Registered office and registered agent.(1) A limited liability company shall continuously maintain in this state a registered agent and registered office that may be, but need not be, the same as any of the limited liability company's places of business. The registered office must be located at a physical street address where process may be personally served on the registered agent. The registered office may not be a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarding business or a virtual office.
A corporation must continuously maintain a registered agent and registered office at a physical street address where process can be personally served; the registered office may NOT be a commercial mail receiving agency, mail forwarding business, or virtual office. The agent must be (a) an Oregon-resident individual whose business office is identical to the registered office, (b) a domestic corporation, LLC, professional corporation, or nonprofit corporation with an identical business office, or (c) an authorized foreign equivalent with an identical business office. Parallel LLC provision at ORS 63.111.
Is the agent's consent required
○Pending review
Consent required: yes.
What happens when the agent cannot be served
○Pending review
The Secretary of State becomes the corporation's agent for service whenever it fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office; the serving party must also mail copies to the corporation's last registered office and to an address reasonably likely to give actual notice, and file proof with the court. LLC parallel at ORS 63.121.
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Governance rules
Oregon corporate and LLC governance rules
Rule
Entity
Applies
Detail
Status
Organizational Meeting Required
Corporation
yes
○Pending review
Annual Meeting Required
Corporation
yes
○Pending review
Written Consent In Lieu Allowed
Corporation
yes
○Pending review
Bylaws Required
Corporation
yes
○Pending review
Operating Agreement Required
LLC
no
○Pending review
Annual Meeting Required
LLC
no
○Pending review
Written Consent In Lieu Allowed
LLC
yes
○Pending review
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Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division (Oregon Business Registry)
State fee
$50 new ABN registration; $50 amendment with business-name change ($0 without name change); $50 cancellation
Term
2 years (renew by each second anniversary of registration - ORS 648.017)
Renewal
$50 renewal every 2 years; renewal application filed within 30 days before the second-anniversary date
Publication
Not required. None
Online filing
Available
The regime
Oregon has a mandatory, statewide assumed business name registry run by the Secretary of State. Any person - individual or entity - carrying on business under a name that does not conspicuously disclose the real and true name of each owner must register the assumed business name with the Secretary of State and keep the registration current, county by county where the business operates.
Where it is filed
Applications to register an assumed business name are submitted to the Office of the Secretary of State with the prescribed fee.
Term and renewal
The registration remains in effect until canceled (ORS 648.051(4)), but the registrant must renew every two years; failure to renew and pay the fee is grounds for administrative cancellation.
Name restrictions
The Secretary of State will not register a name that is not distinguishable on state records from existing assumed business names, entity names, or reserved/registered names (unless the applicant files a rights affidavit under ORS 648.051(3)). Separately, non-entities may not register names containing entity designators like "corporation," "incorporated," "limited liability company," "limited partnership" or "business trust," and false or fraudulent registration is prohibited.
Assumed names for registered entities
Entities use the same ORS chapter 648 registry; ORS 648.081(3)-(6) lets a corporation, LLC, limited partnership or business trust register its own name minus the required entity designator as an assumed business name. On the name-conflict side, ORS 60.717(3) bars a foreign corporation whose name is not distinguishable on state records from qualifying unless it states its name as "(name under which incorporated), a corporation of (place of incorporation)," which becomes its real and true name under chapter 648.
Penalties
A person doing business in violation of the registration requirement lacks standing in Oregon courts to maintain a cause of action for the benefit of the business; the incapacity is curable at any time by complying. A plaintiff suing over business the defendant conducted under an unregistered assumed nameDBA / fictitious nameA name a business operates under that is not its legal name - 'doing business as.' Also: assumed name, trade name, fictitious business name.Read the full entry → may recover $500 or the actual costs of ascertaining the defendant's real name, whichever is greater, plus possible attorney fees. Any violation of the chapter is punishable by a civil penalty of up to $100, in addition to any other penalty. Knowingly signing a materially false document for filing under the chapter is the crime of signing a false document for filing, a Class A misdemeanor.
Who has to register an assumed business name in Oregon?
Any person - the statute defines "person" to include both individuals and entities - who carries on business under a name that does not conspicuously disclose the real and true name of each owner. ORS 648.007(1) requires registration with the Secretary of State for each county where the business is located, has a physical facility, or stations an employee. Even a name that adds words like "& Company" or "& Associates" counts as an assumed business name under ORS 648.005(1)(b).
How often does an Oregon assumed business name have to be renewed?
Every two years. ORS 648.017(1) requires the registrant to apply for renewal within 30 days before the second anniversary of registration and each second anniversary thereafter; failure to renew and pay the fee is grounds for administrative cancellation. The Secretary of State sends a renewal notice at least 30 days before the deadline.
What happens if I do business in Oregon under an unregistered assumed name?
Three consequences appear in the statute: you lack standing to maintain a lawsuit for the benefit of the business until you register (ORS 648.135(1)); a plaintiff who sues you over that business can recover at least $500 or their actual costs of finding out your real name, plus possible attorney fees (ORS 648.135(2)); and any violation of the chapter carries a civil penalty of up to $100 (ORS 648.990(1)).
Does registering an Oregon assumed business name give me exclusive rights to it?
No. While the Secretary of State will refuse to register a new name that is not distinguishable from names already on state records (ORS 648.051(2)), the chapter states that it does not abrogate or limit unfair competition law, common law, equity, or state and federal statutes with respect to the right to acquire and protect trade names (ORS 648.135(3)) - rights in a name come from those sources, not from the registration itself.
Oregon Department of Revenue (SOS Corporation Division administers only the separate $100/$275 annual-report renewal fees)
Corporation minimum
$150
How it is computed
No tax NAMED 'franchise tax', but three Dept of Revenue privilege taxes function as one. (1) CORPORATIONS (incl. LLCs taxed as corps): excise tax = GREATER of calculated tax (6.6% of first $1M Oregon taxable income + 7.6% of excess over $1M, ORS 317.061) or minimum tax by Oregon sales (ORS 317.090(2)): <$500k=$150; $500k-<$1M=$500; $1M-<$2M=$1,000; $2M-<$3M=$1,500; $3M-<$5M=$2,000; $5M-<$7M=$4,000; $7M-<$10M=$7,500; $10M-<$25M=$15,000; $25M-<$50M=$30,000; $50M-<$75M=$50,000; $75M-<$100M=$75,000; >=$100M=$100,000 (cap); minimum not reducible by credits; S corp minimum=$150 (ORS 317.090(2)(b)); return due 15th day of month after federal due date (calendar C corp = May 15). (2) LLCs TAXED AS PARTNERSHIPS / partnerships: flat $150/yr partnership minimum privilege tax if doing business in OR and required to file Form OR-65 (ORS 314.725, 2009 c.745 s.3 / Measure 67); due 15th day of 3rd month (Mar 15 calendar); registered-but-no-activity owes $0; disregarded SMLLC owes $0 entity-level (federal-classification conformity). (3) ALL entity typesEntity typesLLC (limited liability company), corporation (for-profit; 'profit corporation' in some states' vocabulary), nonprofit corporation, LP (limited partnership), LLP (limited liability partnership), LLLP (limited liability limited partnership),Read the full entry → ADD-ON: Corporate Activity Tax (gross-receipts privilege tax, WA-B&O-like) = $250 + 0.57% x (taxable OR commercial activity - $1,000,000) where taxable commercial activity = OR-sourced receipts minus 35% of greater of cost inputs or labor costs (ORS 317A.116/.119/.125); $0 if taxable commercial activity <= $1M; must register at > $750k commercial
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Filing-office closures, 2026
Stored as a delta against the federal baseline:
1 day this state closes that the
federal government does not, and 1 federal
holiday its filing office works through.
Oregon 2026 closure delta
Date
Day
Filing office
2026-10-12
Columbus Day
OPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-11-27
Day after Thanksgiving
Filing office closed
Provenance - Oregon 2026 closures○Pending review
Citation withheld: this record is at review status provisionally reviewed, one or more rungs below verified.
Annual reports force names onto the public record: corp annual report must list names and addresses of the PRESIDENT and SECRETARY (ORS 60.787(1)); LLC annual report must list managers (manager-managed) or AT LEAST ONE MEMBER (member-managed) (ORS 63.787(1)); LP annual report must list name and address of EACH GENERAL
○Pending review
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