Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Montana

Montana registers a corporation from Colorado as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $70 in state fees. Montana may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Colorado and Montana side by side

	Colorado formed here	Montana registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$70 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Montana
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.state.co.us	help.sosmt.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 15
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$15 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Montana registered agent

From Colorado to Montana, step by step

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

Will your Colorado name work for Montana?

We search Montana's records for Colorado's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Montana and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Montana

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Montana's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Montana comes to $174 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Montana

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Montana ($70 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Montana's Annual Report ($20). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Montana company in Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Montana

Does my Colorado company need to register in Montana?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Montana issues one to Colorado corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the Montana registration cost?

$269 at checkout; Montana may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Montana?

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

Does Montana require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Montana corporation instead?

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

What does a Montana company file to register in Colorado?

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

How do I get a Colorado certificate of good standing?

Colorado issues the Certificate of Good Standing online as an instant PDF (free).

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