Maryland

Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Maryland Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Maryland and Colorado each ask for

	Maryland formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Maryland Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Maryland: online through Maryland Business Express, emailed right away	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	businessexpress.maryland.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $300, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Maryland resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Maryland to Colorado, step by step

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

Will your Maryland name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the Maryland one

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

Staying in good standing in Maryland and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Maryland's periodic report ($300) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maryland plus Colorado comes to $474 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maryland to Colorado

An LLC formed in Maryland files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into Maryland

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Maryland files Maryland's registration (no form number) with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Common questions: Maryland to Colorado

Does my Maryland company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Maryland.

Do I need Maryland's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Maryland and Colorado?

$474 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $300 to Maryland and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Maryland name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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