Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Connecticut Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, a corporation formed in Connecticut registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Connecticut: no Certificate of Legal Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Connecticut records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Connecticut and Colorado side by side

	Connecticut formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$80	$100 at order
How it is handled	Connecticut: online, with an express version, or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	business.ct.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $150, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Anniversary date of the filing of the first annual report	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Connecticut registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Connecticut to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your Connecticut name and formation date. No Connecticut paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. After approval, your Connecticut corporation is registered with Colorado.

Will your Connecticut name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Connecticut company. We check your exact Connecticut name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and Connecticut

Connecticut and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Connecticut; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Connecticut

Each year your corporation files Connecticut's Annual Report ($150) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Connecticut plus Colorado comes to $324 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Connecticut to Colorado

An LLC formed in Connecticut files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Connecticut's Annual Report ($80) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Connecticut

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Connecticut files Connecticut's registration (no form number) with $385 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Connecticut to Colorado

Does my Connecticut company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Connecticut.

Do I need Connecticut's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Connecticut and Colorado?

$324 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Connecticut and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Connecticut name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Connecticut name at home.

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

Yes, but Connecticut keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Connecticut's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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