Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

To do business in New Jersey, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Colorado and New Jersey side by side

	Colorado formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$100 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	sos.state.co.us	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

From Colorado to New Jersey, step by step

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. New Jersey wants the Colorado certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Jersey registered agent, with your Colorado name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Colorado delays the New Jersey filing. Once New Jersey approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

New Jersey costs for Colorado companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$299

Will your Colorado name work for New Jersey?

If another New Jersey company uses the Colorado name, an alternate name is allowed. We search New Jersey's records for Colorado's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Colorado one

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus New Jersey comes to $249 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Jersey company in Colorado

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

Questions Colorado owners ask about New Jersey

Does my Colorado company need to register in New Jersey?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants it (free), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and New Jersey?

$249 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a Colorado company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

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

Will New Jersey 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 New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

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