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Foreign registration · Form FA

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Colorado: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

Colorado and Kansas side by side

	Colorado formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	No fee	$115 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Colorado companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It lists us as your Kansas resident agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date. No Colorado paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. Once Kansas approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Your Colorado name and Kansas's rules

We check your exact Colorado name against Kansas's records before filing.

Your Kansas agent and the Colorado one

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

Yearly filings: Kansas and Colorado

Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25); Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Kansas

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Kansas's Information Report ($5). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Kansas company in Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Kansas

Does my Colorado company need to register in Kansas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register a Colorado corporation in Kansas?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Colorado.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Colorado's report ($25) and Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years).

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Kansas corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Business Entity Information Report, and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business; until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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