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Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Wyoming

Wyoming registers a corporation from Colorado as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Wyoming each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$150 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Wyoming
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.wyo.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	First day of the foreign corp's anniversary month of WY certificate of authority
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Standard processing: up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Wyoming registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Wyoming

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Wyoming registered agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date. If Wyoming wants the Colorado certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Colorado corporation is registered with Wyoming.

Your Colorado name and Wyoming's rules

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

Agents: Wyoming and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Wyoming comes to $234 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Wyoming

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Wyoming into Colorado

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

Questions Colorado owners ask about Wyoming

Does my Colorado company need to register in Wyoming?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$349 at checkout; Wyoming may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Wyoming registration take?

Wyoming's standard processing takes up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt, plus time for Colorado's certificate if Wyoming asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Wyoming?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $60 to Wyoming for the yearly reports.

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wyoming corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Wyoming's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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