Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Massachusetts and Colorado side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$12	$100 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $125, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Within 2.5 months after the close of the corporation's fiscal year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Massachusetts to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Massachusetts name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Massachusetts one

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

Staying in good standing in Massachusetts and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Colorado comes to $299 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Colorado

An LLC formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Massachusetts to Colorado

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Massachusetts.

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Colorado?

$299 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $125 to Massachusetts and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Massachusetts name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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