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About Kentucky Certificate of Authority
Kentucky Certificate of Authority prepares and files the application that lets an entity formed elsewhere transact business in Kentucky.
Why a site about one document
Kentucky grants a single kind of paper to a foreign entity. Learning what it is, who needs it and what keeps it valid is most of the task, so the site is organized around the certificate itself.
What we leave to others
Whether an activity is transacting business, how Kentucky taxes the entity, and any question about earlier months belong to a Kentucky attorney or accountant. We prepare the Kentucky application and file it.
Our fee and the state's
Get my Kentucky certificate
+ $90 Kentucky fee
Our fee and Kentucky's $90 appear as separate lines at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
$199
Kentucky Certificate of Authority
- The Certificate of Authority (Foreign Business Entity) (Form FBE), completed from your answers
- The registered agent's written consent, gathered and attached
- A Kentucky registered agent and street office: ours, or the ones you already have
- The application submitted, the filed certificate returned to you, and your annual report window noted
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Ready for the certificate?
Tell us the entity type and the state that formed it, and we start the application.