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Foreign registration · Form Corp 42

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Missouri

To do business in Missouri, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on Form Corp 42, with $155 in state fees. Missouri also asks for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Missouri each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form Corp 42, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	No fee	$155 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Missouri
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.mo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Corporate Registration Report, $15, every two years
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the corporation's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Missouri

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. An instant Colorado certificate reaches Missouri only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form Corp 42
It lists us as your Missouri registered agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Colorado issues the certificate instantly, so the Missouri filing can go in the same day. After approval, your Colorado corporation is registered with Missouri.

First-year cost, Colorado to Missouri

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$155
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$354

Your Colorado name and Missouri's rules

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

Agents: Missouri and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Missouri

Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25); Missouri wants the Corporate Registration Report every two years ($15). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Missouri

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form LLC 4 with Missouri ($105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Missouri company in Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Missouri

Does my Colorado company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Missouri law lists 8 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Missouri registration cost?

$354 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Missouri wants it (free), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Missouri?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Colorado's report ($25) and Missouri's report ($15, every two years).

What if I don't register with Missouri?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Missouri corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

Colorado companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Missouri's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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