Colorado

New Mexico

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in New Mexico

To do business in New Mexico, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. New Mexico may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and New Mexico each ask for

	Colorado formed here	New Mexico registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Profit Corporation - Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$200 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with New Mexico
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.nm.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Biennial Corporate Report, $25, every two years
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	April 15 for calendar-year filers, every 2 years
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$200 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our New Mexico registered agent

From Colorado to New Mexico, step by step

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

Your Colorado name and New Mexico's rules

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

Agents: New Mexico and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and New Mexico

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

LLC or corporation, Colorado to New Mexico

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with New Mexico ($100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Mexico into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to New Mexico

Does my Colorado company need to register in New Mexico?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the New Mexico registration cost?

$399 at checkout; New Mexico may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and New Mexico?

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

Does New Mexico require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Mexico corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

What does a New Mexico 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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