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Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

To do business in Idaho, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and Idaho each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Standard processing: about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

From Colorado to Idaho, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Idaho registered agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date. If Idaho wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Colorado corporation is registered with Idaho.

Your Colorado name and Idaho's rules

If Idaho's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Colorado company. We check your exact Colorado name against Idaho's records before filing.

Your Idaho agent and the Colorado one

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

Yearly filings: Idaho and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Idaho comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Idaho

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Idaho into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Idaho

Does my Colorado company need to register in Idaho?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Idaho registration cost?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, plus time for Colorado's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Idaho?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

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

Will Idaho 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 Idaho corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

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

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