Colorado

Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from Colorado as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Alabama each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date. If Alabama wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. Once Alabama approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Will your Colorado name work for Alabama?

If Alabama's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Colorado company. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Alabama agent and the Colorado one

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Alabama

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

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Alabama

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

The other way: Alabama into Colorado

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Colorado files Colorado's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees; no Alabama certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Colorado to Alabama

Does my Colorado company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Alabama?

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

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

Yes: the Colorado registered agent stays, and ours covers Alabama for year one, with a street address there.

Will Alabama accept my Colorado name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

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

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