Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Kentucky Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Kentucky and Colorado each ask for

	Kentucky formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Kentucky Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Kentucky: online as a printable certificate, or by mail or fax	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Kentucky Secretary of State, Division of Business Filings	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	web.sos.ky.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	On or before June 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Kentucky registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Kentucky companies register with Colorado

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

Your Kentucky name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Kentucky one

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

Staying in good standing in Kentucky and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Kentucky plus Colorado comes to $189 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Kentucky to Colorado

An LLC formed in Kentucky files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into Kentucky

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Kentucky files Form FBE with $90 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Kentucky owners ask about Colorado

Does my Kentucky company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Kentucky.

Do I need Kentucky's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Kentucky and Colorado?

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

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Kentucky name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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