Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Michigan Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Michigan and Colorado side by side

	Michigan formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	michigan.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500, $25, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	May 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Michigan to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Michigan name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Michigan name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Colorado's records for Michigan's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Michigan one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Michigan says resident agent. Colorado papers come to us; Michigan's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Michigan and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 ($25) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Michigan plus Colorado comes to $199 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Michigan to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in Michigan

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 560 with $60 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Michigan to Colorado

Does my Michigan company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Michigan.

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Colorado?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Michigan and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Michigan name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

Yes, but Michigan keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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