Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Maine Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Maine vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Maine formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$30	$100 at order
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	June 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Maine to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Maine name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Maine

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

Staying in good standing in Maine and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Colorado comes to $259 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Colorado

An LLC formed in Maine files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Maine

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Maine files Form MBCA-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Common questions: Maine to Colorado

Does my Maine company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register a Maine corporation in Colorado?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Maine.

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Colorado?

$259 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Maine name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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