Colorado

Foreign registration · Form 40

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

New Hampshire registers a corporation from Colorado as a foreign corporation on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and New Hampshire each ask for

	Colorado formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	No fee	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Colorado to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It names us as your New Hampshire registered agent, with your Colorado name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Colorado corporation is registered with New Hampshire.

Will your Colorado name work for New Hampshire?

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

Agents: New Hampshire and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus New Hampshire comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Hampshire into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to New Hampshire

Does my Colorado company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the New Hampshire registration cost?

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and New Hampshire?

$274 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Colorado companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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