ORS chapter 70 (Limited Partnerships) and ORS chapter 67 (Partnerships/LLPs) contain no limited liability limited partnership provisions; the Oregon SOS Business Registry Fee Schedule lists no LLLP filing · source↗ (opens the official source)
Every fee datum on this page is verified against the agency's own published schedule or statute (independent re-verification, 2026-09-04); the origin of each value is kept in its record as evidence.
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 32 of 54 on first-year state
filing cost, at $200.00 against a national median
of $185.00.
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. 10 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
Registered office and registered agent.(1) A corporation 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 corporation'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.
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.
Oregon Business Corporation Act (ORS ch. 60, Private Corporations) · applies to
corp
Incorporators.One or more individuals 18 years of age or older, a domestic or foreign corporation, a partnership or an association may act as incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the office for filing. [1987 c.52 §15]
Limited Liability Companies (ORS ch. 63) · applies to
LLCs
Formation.One or more individuals 18 years of age or older or other entities may form a limited liability company by executing and delivering articles of organization to the office for filing. Organizers need not be members of the limited liability company. [1993 c.173 §14]
Oregon Business Corporation Act (ORS ch. 60, Private Corporations) · applies to
corp
Annual report; updates; rules.(1) A domestic corporation, and a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, shall by the corporation's anniversary deliver to the office of the Secretary of State for filing an annual report that sets forth: (a) The name of the corporation and the state or country under whose law the corporation is incorporated; (b) The street address of the corporation's registered office and the name of the corporation's registered agent at the registered office in this state; [...]
Limited Liability Companies (ORS ch. 63) · applies to
LLCs
Annual report; updates; rules.(1) A domestic limited liability company, and a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state, shall by the limited liability company's anniversary deliver to the office of the Secretary of State for filing an annual report that sets forth: (a) The name of the limited liability company and the state or country under whose law the limited liability company is organized; (b) The street address of the limited liability company's registered office and name of the limited liability company's registered agent at the registered office in this state; [...]
Oregon Business Corporation Act (ORS ch. 60, Private Corporations) · applies to
corp
Grounds for administrative dissolution.The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under ORS 60.651 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: (1) The corporation does not pay when due any fees imposed by this chapter; (2) The corporation does not deliver the corporation's annual report to the Secretary of State when due; [...] (4) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state; [...]
Limited Liability Companies (ORS ch. 63) · applies to
LLCs
Grounds for administrative dissolution.The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under ORS 63.651 to administratively dissolve a limited liability company if: (1) The limited liability company does not pay when due any fees imposed by this chapter; (2) The limited liability company does not deliver the limited liability company's annual report to the Secretary of State when due; [...] (4) The limited liability company is without a registered agent or registered office in this state; [...]
Oregon Business Corporation Act (ORS ch. 60, Private Corporations) · applies to
corp
Corporate name.(1) A corporate name shall contain one or more of the words "corporation," "incorporated," "company" or "limited" or an abbreviation of one or more of those words. (2) A corporate name shall not contain the word "cooperative." [...] (4) A corporate name shall be distinguishable upon the records of the office from any other corporate name, professional corporate name, nonprofit corporate name, cooperative name, limited partnership name, business trust name, reserved name, registered corporate name or assumed business name of active record with the office.
Limited Liability Companies (ORS ch. 63) · applies to
LLCs
Limited liability company name.(1) The name of a limited liability company must contain the words "limited liability company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C." or "LLC." (2) A limited liability company name may not contain the word or abbreviation "cooperative," "corporation," "corp.," "incorporated," "Inc.," "limited partnership," "L.P.," "LP," "Ltd.," "limited liability partnership," "L.L.P." or "LLP" or any derivation of any of the words or abbreviations specified in this subsection. [...] (4) A limited liability company name must be distinguishable upon the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from any other limited liability company name, corporate name [...]
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.
Other. An administratively dissolved corporation continues to exist but may not carry on any activities except winding up; it may apply for reinstatement within five years of dissolution, and reinstatement relates back as if dissolution never occurred. No reinstatement fee amount is stated in the chapter.
6 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 Oregon - 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.
Organizational meeting required · applies to
corporations ·
yes
After incorporation, if initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting... to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws...
Annual meeting required · applies to
corporations ·
yes
a corporation shall hold an annual meeting of the shareholders at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws... A failure to hold an annual meeting... does not affect the validity of any corporate action.
Action by written consent allowed · applies to
corporations ·
yes
Action... may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all the shareholders entitled to vote... the articles of incorporation may provide that action... may be taken... by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes...
Operating agreement required · applies to
LLCs ·
no
"Operating agreement" means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the member or members as to the affairs of a limited liability company and the conduct of the limited liability company's business.
Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or any operating agreement, action requiring the consent of members or managers under this chapter may be taken without a meeting.
Action by written consent allowed · applies to
LLCs ·
yes
any matter relating to the business of the limited liability company may be decided by a majority of the members... action requiring the consent of members or managers under this chapter may be taken without a meeting.
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.
Recurring entity-level tax
Corporation excise tax with minimum tax (ORS ch. 317, min at ORS 317.090) + partnership minimum tax (ORS 314.725) - no tax formally named 'franchise tax', but b
DOR corporation excise/income tax and partnership pages (SOS Corporation Division administers only the $100/$275 annual-report renewal fees - fees dataset) · source↗ (opens the official source)
Basis of the tax
income-based (greater of calculated tax on net income or a minimum tax tiered by Oregon sales/receipts); partnerships flat $150
ORS 317.061 (rates on taxable income) + ORS 317.090 (minimum by 'Oregon sales properly reported'); ORS 314.725 (flat) · source↗ (opens the official source)
Minimum
$150
ORS 317.090(2)(a)(A): Oregon sales < $500,000 -> minimum tax $150; ORS 317.090(2)(b): S corporation minimum $150; ORS 314.725: partnership minimum $150. Minimum 'may not be reduced, paid or otherwise satisfied through the use of any tax credit' · source↗ (opens the official source)
Due date
Corporations: 15th day of the month following the federal due date (calendar-year C corp: May 15; S corp: April 15). Partnerships/LLCs (OR-65 + $150): 15th day of the third month after year end (March 15 calendar)
DOR: 'Oregon corporation returns are due the 15th day of the month following the due date of your federal corporation return' (re-verified live 2026-08-10); OR-65 instructions · source↗ (opens the official source)
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◎Verified
Citation withheld: this record did not clear the publication gate.
4 restricted entity-name word entries
are recorded for Oregon - 3 prohibited outright,
the rest requiring an agency's consent or licensure before the word may appear in a name.
Governing law: ORS 60.094 (corporations); ORS 63.094 (LLCs); word restrictions also in ORS 707.010 and ORS 723.026.
Oregon restricted entity-name words
Treatment
Word or phrase
Authority
Citation
Status
Prohibited
Cooperative
ORS 60.094(2): 'A corporate name shall not contain the word cooperative.' ORS 63.094(2): an LLC name 'may not contain the word or abbreviation cooperative...'
ORS 63.094(2): an LLC name may not contain the word or abbreviation 'cooperative', 'corporation', 'corp.', 'incorporated', 'Inc.', 'limited partnership', 'L.P.', 'LP', 'Ltd.', 'limited liability partnership', 'L.L.P.' or 'LLP' or any derivation thereof
◎Verified
Prohibited
credit union
ORS 723.026 (use of name exclusive; criminal penalty): except a credit union, another credit-union-act organization, or an association/chapter of credit unions, any person using a name or title containing the words 'credit union' or any derivation thereof is subject to fine/imprisonment and may be enjoined
◎Verified
Restricted
bank (or any name implying a banking institution)
Director, Department of Consumer and Business Services
ORS 707.010: a person without banking authority may not transact business under any name that the director determines leads the public to believe that the person is transacting business as a banking institution
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Contact the filing office
Verified against the agency's own contact page
2026-08-13 - office hours: Phone: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m..
Source links render on verified rows only.
Reaching the filing office
◎Verified
Phone
(503) 986-2200
Email
No published address - use the Got a Question form (https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/got-a-question.aspx)
Mailing address
Secretary of State - Corporation Division, 255 Capitol St. NE, Suite 151, Salem, OR 97310-1327
Courier / walk-in
Same - 255 Capitol St. NE, Suite 151, Salem, OR 97310-1327
Where to search Oregon'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 - Oregon◎Verified
Filing office
Oregon Secretary of State - Corporation Division (UCC)
Filing-office statute
ORS 79A.5010(1)(b) (renumbered 2025 from ORS 79.0501): 'the office of the Secretary of State' in all other cases - https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors079A.html
'Online access to UCC images is available for documents filed after July 1, 2007. To request a copy of UCC filings that are not available, please complete and submit form UCC-11.' (UCC Search Help page)
$15 per UCC-1 financing statement, online or on paper; addendum and additional-party pages are no charge
Filing channels
online or paper; Online through the UCC e-Filing System (secure.sos.state.or.us/ucc/efiling/new; one filing per credit-card transaction; attachments and overflow collateral must go by paper mail or fax). Paper by pers
Filing expedite
No expedited UCC filing service is published; online UCC filings post immediately and mail or fax UCC filings are processed on the office's posted processing schedule
UCC-3 amendments, as the office states the fees
$15 per UCC-3 amendment, whether termination, continuation, assignment or amendment; UCC-3 addendum and additional-party pages no charge; UCC-5 information statement $15
Effective for
5 years from filing - ORS 79A.5150(1) (2025 ORS; formerly ORS 79.0515)
Whether Oregon 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 - Oregon◎Verified
General state license
None - the state issues no general business license; licensing is occupation-specific and local
county and city licenses - Cities and counties may require a license for businesses operating in their jurisdictions. If your business is located within the city limits, check city offices to see if a local business license is required.
Which of Oregon'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 Oregon filings, 8 of 8 rows verified
Filing
Entity scope
Asks for
Required
Where on the form
Source
Formation
domestic business corporation (item 7 applies to professional corporations only)
no industry information
not asked
no NAICS/SIC/purpose field; item 7 is a professional-service description for PCs only
Oregon has 36 county-equivalents: 36 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 36 county-equivalents
Oregon county-equivalents
Name
Type
FIPS
Note
Baker County
county
41001
Benton County
county
41003
Clackamas County
county
41005
Clatsop County
county
41007
Columbia County
county
41009
Coos County
county
41011
Crook County
county
41013
Curry County
county
41015
Deschutes County
county
41017
Douglas County
county
41019
Gilliam County
county
41021
Grant County
county
41023
Harney County
county
41025
Hood River County
county
41027
Jackson County
county
41029
Jefferson County
county
41031
Josephine County
county
41033
Klamath County
county
41035
Lake County
county
41037
Lane County
county
41039
Lincoln County
county
41041
Linn County
county
41043
Malheur County
county
41045
Marion County
county
41047
Morrow County
county
41049
Multnomah County
county
41051
Polk County
county
41053
Sherman County
county
41055
Tillamook County
county
41057
Umatilla County
county
41059
Union County
county
41061
Wallowa County
county
41063
Wasco County
county
41065
Washington County
county
41067
Wheeler County
county
41069
Yamhill County
county
41071
Other records held
Other records held for Oregon
Record
Value
Status
Change of registered agent
$0
○Pending review
Who must be named in public filings
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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