Alabama

Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Alabama Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, a corporation formed in Alabama registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Alabama: no Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program from your Alabama records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Alabama and Colorado each ask for

	Alabama formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Alabama to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your Alabama name and formation date. No Alabama paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. Once Colorado approves it, the Alabama company can do business there.

Will your Alabama name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Alabama company. We search Colorado's records for Alabama's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Colorado and Alabama

Alabama and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Alabama; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Alabama

Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to Colorado

An LLC formed in Alabama files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Alabama

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Alabama files Alabama's registration (no form number) with $184 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Alabama owners ask about Colorado

Does my Alabama company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once an Alabama business operates there; Colorado registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Colorado calls it registration for Alabama corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Alabama.

Do I need Alabama's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and Colorado's report ($25).

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Alabama registered agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Alabama name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Alabama name at home.

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

Yes, but Alabama keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT).

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

Alabama companies leave by filing a Statement of Foreign Entity Withdrawal; until then, Colorado's report stays due alongside Alabama's filings.

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