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County recording requirements for incorporating in Alabama

County Judge of Probate fees for forming a business in Alabama

What are the steps for starting a business in Alabama?

The first step in registering your business in Alabama is to get a Certificate of Name Reservation. You may apply for it on the Secretary of State link below. The filing fee for an Application for Certificate of Name Reservation is $10, or $25 if you need expedited processing. Online reservations are $28.

Next, you complete a Certificate of Formation. For LLCs and nonprofits, you deliver the certificate with a recording fee and a filing fee to the county probate office in the county where your registered agent is located and they will record it and forward it with your filing fee of $100 to the Alabama Secretary of State.

  1. Receive Certificate of Name Reservation from AL Secretary of State.
  2. Record your Articles of Incorporation with the County Probate Office.
  3. County Probate Office will forward your documents to the Alabama Secretary of State.

As of 2020, for-profit corporations no longer file with the county. For-profit corporations file a Certificate of Formation directly with the Secretary of State.

Who needs to record with the county in Alabama?

Only domestic LLCs and nonprofit entities need to deliver their formation documents to the local county probate office for recording prior to filing with the Secretary of State.  Domestic for-profit corporations and foreign businesses send their paperwork directly to the Alabama Secretary of State along with the filing fee.

Alabama Secretary of State
P.O. Box 5616
Montgomery Alabama 36103

What are the county requirements for incorporating in Alabama?

Every county in Alabama has an elected Judge of Probate.  Alabama requires that LLC and nonprofit Certificate of Formations be delivered first to the county probate office in the county where your registered agent office is located. The Judge of Probate records the filings in the local office and then forwards the original and filing fee to the Alabama Secretary of State.

Alabama has set a statutory fee for the Judge of Probate of $50 for this service, and they may charge more if they wish. Every county in Alabama requires that you send the original formation documents, along with two copies and two checks; one made out to the Judge of Probate, the other made out to the Alabama Secretary of State.

Your Certificate of Name Reservation must also be included. Send the original certificate and two copies. Our office is located in Houston County and they record corporate documents on the day they receive them and forward filings to the Secretary of State Office at least twice per week.

Amendments and Dissolutions must also go first to the local Judge of Probate who filed your original certificate.
The Alabama Secretary of State charges a filing fee of $100 for Certificates of Formation and all terminations. Domestic amendments cost $50.

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Alabama Counties Judge of Probate Contact information:

Autauga County Probate Judge
176 West Fifth Street
Prattville, Alabama 36067
(334) 361-3728
Baldwin County Alabama Probate Office
220 Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 459
Bay Minette, AL 36507
(251) 937-0230
http://www.co.baldwin.al.us
Corporations, LLCs & Dissolutions – $56
Amendments – $31
Barbour County Probate Office
County Courthouse
P.O. Box398
Clayton, AL 36016
(334) 775-1102
Bibb County Probate Office
181 SW. Davidson Drive
Centreville, AL 35042
(205) 926-3104
Blount County Probate Office
Blount County Courthouse
220 2nd Ave E.
Oneonta, AL 35121
(205) 625-4191
Bullock County Probate Office
217 Prairie St. N, #103
Union Springs, AL 36089-1600
(334) 738-2250
Butler County Probate Office
700 Courthouse Square, #7
Greenville, AL 36037
(334) 382-7943
Calhoun County Alabama Probate Office
1702 Noble Street, STE 102
Anniston, AL 36201
(256) 241-2825
http://www.calhouncounty.org
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $57
Amendments – $31
Chambers County Probate Office
2 Lafayette Street South, STE B
Lafayette, AL 36862
(334) 864-4380
Cherokee County Probate Office
100 Cedar Bluff Road
Centre, AL 35960
(256) 927-3363
Chilton County Probate Office
500 2nd Avenue North
Clanton, AL 35045
(205) 755-1555
Choctaw County Probate Office
County Courthouse
117 S. Mulberry Ave. #9
Butler, AL 36904-2557
(205) 459-2417
Clarke County Probate Office
114 Court Street
Grove Hill, AL 36451
(251) 275-3251
Clay county Probate Office
25 Court Square
Ashland, AL 36251
(256) 354-4778
Fax (256) 354-4778
Cleburne County Probate Office
120 Vickery St. #101
Heflin, AL 36264-1100
(256) 463-5655
Coffee County Probate Office
230 N. Court Street
Elba, AL 36330
(334) 897-2211
Fax:  (334) 897-2028
Colbert County Probate Office
201 North Main Street
Tuscumbia, AL 35674
(256) 386-8542
Conecuh County Probate Office
111 Court Street
P.O. Box 149
Evergreen, AL 36401
(251) 578-1221
Fax:  (251) 578-7034
Coosa County Probate Office
100 Main Street
Rockford, AL 35136
(256) 377-4919
Covington County Probate Office
P.O. Box 789
Andalusia, AL 36420
(334) 428-2513
Crenshaw County Probate Office
County Courthouse
29 South Glennwood Ave.
P.O. box 328
Luverne, AL 36049
(334) 335-6568 ext. 227
Fax:  (334) 335-4749
Cullman County Alabama Probate Office
P.O. Box 970,
Cullman, AL 35056-0970
(256) 775-4808
http://www.co.cullman.al.us
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $79.50
Amendments – $36
Dale County Probate Office
1 E. Court Square
Ozark, AL 36360
(334) 774-2754
Dallas County Probate Office
105 North Lauderdale Street
Selma, AL 36701-4614
(334) 874-2516
DeKalb County Alabama Probate Office
300 Grand Avenue SW., STE 100
Fort Payne, AL 35967
(256) 845-8510
Fax:  (256) 845-8514
http://judgeronnieosborn.com
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $50
Amendments – $10
Elmore County Alabama Probate Office
100 Commerce Street
Wetumpka, AL 36092
(334) 567-1138
Escambia County Alabama Probate Office
P.O. Box 557
Brewton, AL 36427
(251) 867-0301
Etowah County Alabama Probate Office
800 Forrest Avenue
Gadsden, AL 35901
(256) 549-5334
http://www.etowahcounty.org
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $63
Amendments – $38
Fayette County Alabama
103 1st Ave. Nw
Courthouse Annex
Fayette, AL 35555
(205) 932-4370
Franklin County Alabama Probate Office
405 North Jackson Avenue
P.O. Box 1028
Russellville, AL 35653
(256) 332-8801
Geneva County Alabama Probate Office
Geneva County Courthouse
(334) 684-5640
Greene County Alabama
P.O. Box 656
County Courthouse
Eutaw, AL 35462
(205) 372-0499
Hale County, Alabama
County Courthouse
Greensboro, AL 36744
(334) 624-4257
Henry County, Alabama
County Courthouse
Abbeville, AL 36310
(334) 585-3257
Alabama Registered Agent LLC, is in Houston County Alabama.

Houston County Alabama Probate Office
462 N. Oates Street
P.O. Box 6406
Dothan, AL 36303
(334) 677-4740
http://www.houstoncounty.org

Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $63
Amendments – $32

Jackson County, Alabama
County Courthouse
102 E. Laurel St.
Scottsboro, AL 35768
(256) 574-9280
Jefferson County Alabama Probate Office
Jefferson County Courthouse, Room 115
716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 325-5411
http://jeffconline.jccal.org
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $52
Amendments – $30
Lamar County, Alabama
P.O. Box 338
Vernon, AL 35592
(205) 695-8522
Lauderdale County Alabama Probate Office
200 S. Court Street
Florence, AL 35630
(256) 760-5803
http://www.lauderdalecountyonline.com
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $52
Amendments – $30
Lawrence County, Alabama
P.O. Box 307
Moulton, AL 35650
(256) 974-2403
Lee County Alabama Probate Office
P.O. Box 811
215 South 9th Street
Opelika, AL 36803-0811
(334) 745-9761
http://www.leeco.us
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $52
Amendments – $30
Limestone County Alabama Probate Office
Clinton Street Courthouse Annex 100
South Clinton St., STE D
Athens, AL 35611
(256) 233-6427
Lowndes County, Alabama
P.O. Box 65
Hayneville, AL 36040
(334) 548-2331
Macon County, Alabama
101 E. Rosa Parks Ave.
Tuskegee, AL 36083
(334) 727-5120
Madison County Probate Office
Madison County Alabama Probate Office
100 North Side Square, Room 101
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 532-3333
http://www.co.madison.al.us
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $67.25
Amendments – $42.25
Marengo County, Alabama
P.O. Box 480715
Linden, AL 36748
(334) 295-2200
Marion County, Alabama
P.O. Box 460
Hamilton, AL 35570
(205) 921-5109
Marshall County Alabama Probate Office
425 Gunter Avenue
Gunterville, AL 35976
(256) 571-7764
Mobile County Alabama Probate Office
151 Government Street
P.O. Box 7
Mobile, AL 36601
(251)   574-6040
http://probate.mobilecountyal.gov
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $53
Amendments – $28
Monroe County Alabama Probate Office
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 8
Monroeville, AL 36461
(251) 743-4107
Montgomery County Alabama Probate Office
Courthouse Annex III
101 South Lawrence Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 832-1236
http://www.mc-ala.org
Corporations, LLCs, and Dissolutions -$55
Amendments – $30
Morgan County Alabama Probate Office
P.O. Box 848
302 Lee Street NE
Decatur, AL 35602
(256) 351-4680
http://www.morgancountyprobate.com
Corporations, LLCs, and Dissolutions -$55
Amendments – $30
Perry County, Alabama
P.O. Box 478
Marion, AL 36756
(334) 683-2200
Pickens County, Alabama
P.O. Box 460
Carrollton, AL 35447
(205) 367-2020
Pike County, Alabama
P.O. Box 1147
Troy, AL 36081
(334) 566-6374
Randolph County Alabama Probate Office
P.O. Box 249
Wedowee, AL 36278
(256) 357-4933
Russell County, Alabama
P.O. Box 969
Phenix City, AL 36868
(334) 298-0844
Shelby County Alabama Probate Office
112 North Main Street
P.O. Box 825
Columbiana, AL 35051
http://www.shelbyal.com
(205) 669-3720
Fax #:  (205) 669-3884Corporations, LLCs, and Dissolutions -$56
Amendments – $30
Talladega County Alabama Probate Office
#1 Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 737
Talladega, AL 35161
(256) 362-4175
http://talladegacountyal.org
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $55
Amendments – $30
St. Clair County Alabama Probate Office
P.O. Box 220
165 5th Avenue
Ashville, AL 35953
(205) 594-2120
Sumter County, Alabama
P.O. Box 70
Livingston, AL 35470
(205) 652-2731
Talladega County Alabama Probate Office
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 6170
Talladega, AL 35161
(256) 362-1357
Tallapoosa County Alabama Probate Office
125 North Broadnax Street
Dadeville, AL 36853
(256) 835-4266
Tuscaloosa County Alabama Probate Office
714 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
(205) 349-3870
http://www.tuscco.com
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $52
Amendments – $27
Walker County Alabama Probate Office
1900 3rd Avenue
P.O. Box 502
Jasper, AL 35502
(205) 384-7281
http://www.walkercounty.com
Corporations, LLCs and Dissolutions – $59
Amendments – $30
Washington County, Alabama
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 146
Chatom, AL 36518
(251) 847-3677
Wilcox County, Alabama
County Courthouse Annex
P.O. Box 488
Camden, AL 36726
(334) 682-9621
Winston County, Alabama
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 147
Double Springs, AL 35553
(205) 489-5026

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