Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Idaho Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Idaho and Colorado each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Idaho companies register with Colorado

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

Will your Idaho name work for Colorado?

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

Agents: Colorado and Idaho

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Idaho

Each year your corporation files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Colorado comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into Idaho

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Colorado

Does my Idaho company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register an Idaho corporation in Colorado?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Idaho.

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Colorado?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Idaho name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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