Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Kansas Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

Colorado registers a corporation from Kansas as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Kansas here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Kansas records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Kansas and Colorado side by side

	Kansas formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Kansas Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$7.50	$100 at order
How it is handled	Kansas: online as a PDF in your Kansas business account	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.ks.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Kansas resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Kansas companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Kansas name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Kansas first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the Kansas company can do business there.

Will your Kansas name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Kansas company. We search Colorado's records for Kansas's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Kansas one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Kansas says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Kansas; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Kansas and Colorado

Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Kansas to Colorado

An LLC formed in Kansas files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Kansas's Information Report ($90) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into Kansas

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Kansas files Form FA with $115 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Kansas to Colorado

Does my Kansas company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Kansas.

Do I need Kansas's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Kansas and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Kansas resident agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Kansas name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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