083: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Oklahoma and Texas

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Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. This is the 12th in a series of “Quick Tip” episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. In previous episodes, we addressed filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom have a connection with California. Other episodes have focused on the state filings in Nevada and Arizona, Washington State and Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii, New York and New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut, Maine and Vermont, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Florida and Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina, and most recently Kentucky and Tennessee.

Today, with Joe Hilliard's help, we examine the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Oklahoma and Texas.

You can find all the prior episodes on our website or the Farella YouTube Channel, where there is a playlist just for state filing requirements episodes. In future episodes, we'll work our way through the rest of the states.

Show Notes:

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Oklahoma:

Oklahoma Secretary of Business Services page: https://www.sos.ok.gov/business/default.aspx

Oklahoma Business Entity FAQ: https://www.sos.ok.gov/business/faq.aspx

Oklahoma Current Entity Search: https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx

Oklahoma Fee Schedule: https://www.sos.ok.gov/business/fees.aspx

Oklahoma Online Filing Library: https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/filing.aspx

Oklahoma Downloadable Business Forms Library: https://www.sos.ok.gov/business/forms.aspx

Oklahoma Not for profit Certificate of Incorporation: https://www.sos.ok.gov/forms/Fm0008.PDF

Oklahoma Certificate of Qualification (Foreign Corporation) Form: https://www.sos.ok.gov/forms/Fm0012.PDF

Oklahoma online processing time: https://oklahoma.gov/business/launch/register-your-business.html

Oklahoma Secretary of State Charitable Organizations Page: https://www.sos.ok.gov/charity/Default.aspx

Oklahoma Secretary of State Charitable Organizations Forms: https://www.sos.ok.gov/charity/forms.aspx

Oklahoma Charitable Organization Registration Form: https://www.sos.ok.gov/forms/Fm0101.PDF

Oklahoma Tax Commission: https://oklahoma.gov/tax.html

Oklahoma Sales Tax Exemption form: https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/tax/documents/forms/businesses/general/Packet-E.pdf

Texas:

Texas Secretary of State business services page: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/index.shtml

Texas SOSDirect Portal: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/sosda/index.shtml

Texas current entity database: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/sosda/index.shtml

Texas Secretary of State Nonprofit Organizations Page: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/nonprofit_org.shtml

Texas Forms: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms_boc.shtml

Texas Certificate of Formation Nonprofit Corporation form and instructions: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms/202_boc.pdf

Texas Application for Registration for a Foreign Nonprofit Corporation form and instructions: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/forms/302_boc.pdf

Texas Fees Schedule: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/fees-other.shtml

Texas Filing Options FAQ: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/options.shtml

Texas Attorney General Charitable Trusts page: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/divisions/charitable-trusts

Texas Attorney General Charitable Trusts Registration and Filings Page: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/divisions/charitable-trusts/registration-and-filings

Texas Comptroller Tax Exemptions for Qualified Organizations Page: https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/exempt/

Texas Comptroller Tax Exemptions Application Forms: https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/exempt/forms/

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