Colorado

Foreign registration · Form 0012

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Oklahoma

A corporation formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Oklahoma files Form 0012, with $312 in state fees. Oklahoma may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Filing Department using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Colorado and Oklahoma side by side

	Colorado formed here	Oklahoma registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form 0012, Certificate of Qualification (Foreign Corporation)
State fee	No fee	$312 at order (filing fee $300 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Oklahoma
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.ok.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Certificate, $10, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	On the anniversary of the foreign corporation's qualification in Oklahoma, every year
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Oklahoma registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Oklahoma

We prepare and file Form 0012
It names us as your Oklahoma registered agent, with your Colorado name and formation date. If Oklahoma wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. Once Oklahoma approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Your Colorado name and Oklahoma's rules

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

Your Oklahoma agent and the Colorado one

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

Yearly filings: Oklahoma and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($10). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Oklahoma comes to $184 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Oklahoma

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form 0081 with Oklahoma ($312 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering an Oklahoma company in Colorado

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

Questions Colorado owners ask about Oklahoma

Does my Colorado company need to register in Oklahoma?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Oklahoma calls it qualification for Colorado corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

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

$511 at checkout; Oklahoma may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Oklahoma?

$184 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $10 to Oklahoma for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Oklahoma?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Oklahoma can add a penalty of $25 a day, up to $500 a year, a civil penalty of up to $500 and a fine of at least $200.

Does Oklahoma require a registered agent?

Yes: the Colorado registered agent stays, and ours covers Oklahoma for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Oklahoma corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Oklahoma yearly report, and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Oklahoma later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal (Foreign Corporation); until then, Oklahoma's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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