Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

New Hampshire vs Colorado: the paperwork

	New Hampshire formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From New Hampshire to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your New Hampshire name and formation date. Nothing has to come from New Hampshire first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. After approval, your New Hampshire corporation is registered with Colorado.

Your New Hampshire name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and New Hampshire

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

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and Colorado

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus Colorado comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Colorado

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with New Hampshire files Form 40 with $102 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: New Hampshire to Colorado

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay New Hampshire.

Do I need New Hampshire's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Colorado?

$274 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my New Hampshire name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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