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Foreign registration · no form number

Arizona Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

Colorado registers a corporation from Arizona as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Arizona here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Arizona records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Arizona vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Arizona formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Arizona Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Arizona: online as a PDF through the Arizona Business Center, by mail or in person	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	ecorp.azcc.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure, $45, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Anniversary date of incorporation	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$9 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Arizona statutory agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Arizona to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your Arizona name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Arizona first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the Arizona company can do business there.

Will your Arizona name work for Colorado?

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

Agents: Colorado and Arizona

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Arizona says statutory agent. Colorado papers come to us; Arizona's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Arizona and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Arizona plus Colorado comes to $219 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Arizona to Colorado

An LLC formed in Arizona files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Arizona

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Arizona files Form C018 with $178.85 in state fees and a $35 required expedite. See that filing.

Common questions: Arizona to Colorado

Does my Arizona company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Arizona.

Do I need Arizona's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Arizona and Colorado?

$219 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $45 to Arizona and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Arizona statutory agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Arizona name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

Yes, but Arizona keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Arizona's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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