Colorado

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Foreign registration · Form C018

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Arizona

To do business in Arizona, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on Form C018, with $178.85 in state fees and a $35 required expedite. Arizona may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Corporation Commission, Corporations Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your statutory agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Arizona each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Arizona registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form C018, Application for Authority to Transact Business or Conduct Affairs in Arizona
State fee	No fee	$178.85 at order (filing fee $175 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Arizona
Required expedite		$35 at order (typically 5 business days)
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	azcc.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure, $45, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Anniversary date of authorization to transact business in Arizona
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$9 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: typically 5 business days
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Arizona statutory agent

How Colorado companies register with Arizona

We prepare and file Form C018
It names us as your Arizona statutory agent, with your Colorado name and formation date. If Arizona wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. Once Arizona approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Your Colorado name and Arizona's rules

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

Agents: Arizona and Colorado

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

Yearly filings: Arizona and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45). With our $149 statutory agent renewal, Colorado plus Arizona comes to $219 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Arizona

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form L025 with Arizona ($153.30 in state fees and the $35 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Arizona into Colorado

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

Questions Colorado owners ask about Arizona

Does my Colorado company need to register in Arizona?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Arizona issues one to Colorado corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Arizona registration cost?

$412.85 at checkout, including the $35 required expedite; Arizona may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Arizona registration take?

Typically 5 business days with Arizona's required expedite, plus time for Colorado's certificate if Arizona asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Arizona?

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

Does Arizona require a registered agent?

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

Will Arizona 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 Arizona corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Arizona later?

Colorado companies leave by filing Form C025, Application for Withdrawal ($25); until then, Arizona's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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