Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Nevada Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Nevada and Colorado side by side

	Nevada formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$100 at order
How it is handled	Nevada: online through SilverFlume, or by mail, with 1-hour, 2-hour and 24-hour expedite tiers	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent, fee set by the state, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$175 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Nevada companies register with Colorado

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

Will your Nevada name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the Nevada one

Nevada and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Nevada; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Nevada

Nevada wants the Annual List of Officers, Directors and Registered Agent every year; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to Colorado

An LLC formed in Nevada files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Nevada's periodic report ($350) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into Nevada

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Nevada files Nevada's registration (no form number) with $425 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Nevada owners ask about Colorado

Does my Nevada company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Nevada.

Do I need Nevada's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Nevada's report (fee set by the state) and Colorado's report ($25).

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Nevada name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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