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Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Washington

A corporation formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Washington files an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Washington also asks for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Washington each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Washington registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration Statement (Profit types) (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$200 at order (filing fee $180 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Washington
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.wa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $70, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the month of WA certificate of authority
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Washington registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Washington

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Washington order. An instant Colorado certificate reaches Washington only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Washington registered agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Colorado issues the certificate instantly, so the Washington filing can go in the same day. Once Washington approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

First-year cost, Colorado to Washington

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$200
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Washington registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$399

Will your Colorado name work for Washington?

Washington can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Your Washington agent and the Colorado one

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Washington

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Washington comes to $244 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Washington

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Washington ($200 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Washington company in Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Washington

Does my Colorado company need to register in Washington?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$399 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Washington wants it (free), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Washington?

$244 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $70 to Washington for the yearly reports.

Does Washington require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Washington corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Washington's Annual Report ($70), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Washington later?

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

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