Colorado

Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Colorado records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and Rhode Island each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	No fee	$319 at order (filing fee $310 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	May 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Colorado companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the Colorado certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Colorado issues the certificate instantly, so the Rhode Island filing can go in the same day. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

First-year cost, Colorado to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$518

Will your Colorado name work for Rhode Island?

If another Rhode Island company uses the Colorado name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the Colorado one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Colorado says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Colorado; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Colorado plus Rhode Island comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Colorado files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Rhode Island

Does my Colorado company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Rhode Island issues one to Colorado corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Rhode Island registration cost?

$518 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it (free), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Rhode Island?

$224 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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