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Foreign registration · no form number

New Mexico Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

New Mexico vs Colorado: the paperwork

	New Mexico formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Corporate Report, $25, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15 for calendar-year filers, every 2 years	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$200 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From New Mexico to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your New Mexico name and formation date. Nothing has to come from New Mexico first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the New Mexico company can do business there.

Will your New Mexico name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the New Mexico one

New Mexico and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Colorado papers come to us; New Mexico's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Colorado and New Mexico

New Mexico wants the Biennial Corporate Report every two years ($25); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to Colorado

An LLC formed in New Mexico files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into New Mexico

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: New Mexico to Colorado

Does my New Mexico company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

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

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

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Mexico and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Mexico's report ($25, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my New Mexico name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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