Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Delaware

A corporation formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Delaware files a registration (no form number), with $245 in state fees. Delaware may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Delaware each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Qualification Certificate of a Foreign Corporation (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$245 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	sos.state.co.us	corp.delaware.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Foreign Corporation Annual Report, $125, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	June 30
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$125 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Delaware registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Delaware

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

Will your Colorado name work for Delaware?

Delaware can hold a name for 120 days for $75 before you file.

Agents: Delaware and Colorado

Colorado and Delaware both call it a registered agent. Delaware papers come to us; Colorado's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Delaware

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Delaware's Foreign Corporation Annual Report ($125). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Delaware comes to $299 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Delaware

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Delaware ($200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Delaware into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Delaware

Does my Colorado company need to register in Delaware?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Delaware calls it qualification for Colorado corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Delaware registration cost?

$444 at checkout; Delaware may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Delaware?

$299 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $125 to Delaware for the yearly reports.

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Delaware corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report ($50), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

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

What does a Delaware company file to register in Colorado?

It files Colorado's registration with $100 in state fees.

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