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Foreign registration · no form number

Indiana Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Indiana and Colorado side by side

	Indiana formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$15	$100 at order
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the corporation's anniversary month, every 2 years	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Indiana companies register with Colorado

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

Will your Indiana name work for Colorado?

If another Colorado company uses the Indiana name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Indiana name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and Indiana

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Indiana

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to Colorado

An LLC formed in Indiana files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Indiana to Colorado

Does my Indiana company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Indiana.

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Indiana name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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