130: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Alabama and Arkansas

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 130 is our 22nd in a series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Alabama and Arkansas. In previous episodes, we discussed filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom have a connection to California and several other states. Earlier episodes have covered 40 states and the District of Columbia. After today's episode, the only remaining states are Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska. You can find all prior episodes on our website or on Farella's YouTube channel, where a playlist is available for state filing requirements. Show Notes: Farella YouTube podcast channel For Alabama: Alabama Secretary of State Business Entities Home Page: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities Alabama Secretary of State Online Services: https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/welcome.action Alabama Current Entity Search: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/government-records/business-entity-records Alabama Fees Schedule (effective August 2023): https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/form-files/FeeSchedule.pdf Alabama Forms index: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-entities/business-downloads#bdCategory-2865 Alabama Domestic Name Reservation: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/domesticEntityNameReservation.pdf Alabama Domestic Nonprofit Corporation Certificate of Incorporation: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/NonProfitIncorporation.pdf Alabama Foreign Name Reservation: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/foreignEntityNameReservation.pdf Alabama Foreign Corporation (Business or Non-Profit) Application for Registration: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/ForeignCorporationRegistration.pdf Alabama Attorney General Charitable Organizations webpage: https://www.alabamaag.gov/licensing-registration/charitable-organizations/ Alabama Department of Revenue Privilege Tax Home Page: https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/individual-corporate/alabama-business-privilege-tax-and-corporate-share-tax/ Alabama Department of Revenue Sales Tax FAQ: https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/sales-use/sales-tax/ Alabama Association of Nonprofits FAQ: https://www.alabamanonprofits.org/how-to-start-a-nonprofit For Arkansas: Arkansas Secretary of State Business Home Page: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs Arkansas Secretary of State current entity database: https://www.ark.org/corp-search/index.php Arkansas Forms and Fees Page: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/forms-fees Arkansas Filing Processing Time FAQ: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/for-new-business Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Filing Fees: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/bcs/Non-Prof_Fees_1.pdf Arkansas Nonprofit Domestic Forms Page: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/nonprofit-charitable-entities/ Arkansas Articles of Incorporation – Domestic Nonprofit: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/bcs/NPD-01_2.pdf Arkansas Nonprofit Foreign Forms Page: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/nonprofit-charitable-entities/nonprofit-foreign Arkansas Application for Foreign Nonprofit Corporation Seeking to Do Business in Arkansas: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/bcs/NPF-1_2.pdf Arkansas Secretary of State Charitable Entities Home Page: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/nonprofit-charitable-entities/charitable-entities Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration Sales and Use Tax FAQ: https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/taxes/excise-tax-administration/sales-use-tax/sales-and-use-tax-faqs/ If you have suggestions for topics you would like us to discuss, please email us at [e-mail]. Additional episodes can be found at EORadioShowByFarella.com. DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to be, nor should it be interpreted as, legal advice or opinion.