Colorado

Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

To do business in Pennsylvania, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of Colorado here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

Colorado vs Pennsylvania: the paperwork

	Colorado formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	No fee	$250 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sos.state.co.us	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	June 30
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Colorado to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Colorado name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Colorado first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Will your Colorado name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Colorado name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We search Pennsylvania's records for Colorado's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Colorado one

Pennsylvania calls it a registered office; Colorado says registered agent. Pennsylvania papers come to us; Colorado's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Colorado plus Pennsylvania comes to $181 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Pennsylvania

Does my Colorado company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Colorado.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Pennsylvania?

$181 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $25 to Colorado and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Colorado name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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