To start up a business entity in Oklahoma, you will need to do some filings on the Oklahoma secretary of state’s website. The Secretary of the State of the State of Oklahoma is a clerical officer and a member of the Governor’s cabinet. The post is an appointed constitutional member of the executive branch of the Oklahoma government.

The main duties of the secretary of state also revolve around filing, recording, and certification miscellaneous such as business entity registration, trademark, notary, and other involvement of business corporations.

Business incorporation services by the Oklahoma secretary of state

The business filing department of the Oklahoma secretary of state’s office offers the following filing services for documents for the business entity (domestic and foreign):

Articles of incorporation

This includes the business formations of domestic and foreign corporations.

Articles of organization

This includes the business formations of LLC

Articles of amendment

This includes a change of business address, registered office or agent address, and corporate name changes

Articles of dissolution

This is for legally closing or dissolving a corporation or LLC

Certificates of authority

This qualifies a business entity to operate in the state of Oklahoma

Others

• Certificate of good standing
• Business name search and name reservations
• Business name registrations
• Initial report and statement of information
• Annual reports and statements of information

Doing an Oklahoma business search 

The Oklahoma business search tool is used to find in the database information about any business entity registered in the Oklahoma secretary of state business division department. To do a business search, follow the following steps.

Business search page

There is a section that allows you to search for a business name. You can also use the additional options under the advanced search option for search all, filing number search, search active, name availability, and others.

Search button

Click on the search button, the system will display results related, and provide information for any business entity, such as business name, filing number, agent, type, and status.

Filing number

Click on a filing number for the business entity you are searching for and accessed the information about the entity.

Types of Oklahoma secretary of state business search

There are three elements to search Oklahoma secretary of state business search.

1. The basic is the Oklahoma business search by name 
2. The Oklahoma business search by filing numbers
3. Business search through a registered agent or the name of the person

Steps for forming a new corporation in Oklahoma

• Do a business name availability search 
• Do an internet domain availability search for website and email
• Choose your business entity type 
• Obtain an IRS EIN Number (employer identification number)
• Determine the type of license needed for the business (federal, state, and local)
• Determine the payroll tax requirement 
• Determine the tax filing requirement (federal, state, and local)

Data required for articles of incorporation

An operating corporation in Oklahoma is expected to have at least one director, the articles of incorporation must include certain information:

• Business name
• The registered agent’s name and address
• The duration of the corporation
• The purpose of the corporation
• Mailing address
• The number of shares, the stock class, and the value
• The incorporator’s name and address
• Instruction to file LLC Oklahoma articles of organization online
• To file your article of incorporation online, you need to include your principal location, some examples of acceptable addresses include:

• The home address of the owner of the corporation
• The main office addresses
• The owner’s friend or family member’s address
• The corporation’s registered agent address