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Foreign registration · no form number

Hawaii Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

A corporation formed in Hawaii that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Hawaii: no Good Standing Certificate. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Hawaii records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Hawaii and Colorado side by side

	Hawaii formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Hawaii Good Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	Hawaii: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	cca.hawaii.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the quarter in which the corporation was incorporated	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Hawaii registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Hawaii companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your Hawaii name and formation date. No Hawaii paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. Once Colorado approves it, the Hawaii company can do business there.

Your Hawaii name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Hawaii name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Colorado's records for Hawaii's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Hawaii one

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

Staying in good standing in Hawaii and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Hawaii's Annual Report ($15) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Hawaii plus Colorado comes to $189 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Hawaii to Colorado

An LLC formed in Hawaii files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Hawaii's Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) ($12.50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Hawaii to Colorado

Does my Hawaii company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Hawaii.

Do I need Hawaii's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Hawaii and Colorado?

$189 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $15 to Hawaii and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Hawaii name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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