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Foreign registration · no form number

Ohio Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Ohio and Colorado side by side

	Ohio formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Ohio 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	Ohio: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	cogs.ohiosos.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Ohio statutory agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Ohio to Colorado, step by step

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

Will your Ohio name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the Ohio one

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

Staying in good standing in Ohio and Colorado

Ohio has no annual report for corporations; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Ohio to Colorado

An LLC formed in Ohio 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 Ohio

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Ohio files Form 530A with $99 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Ohio owners ask about Colorado

Does my Ohio company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Ohio.

Do I need Ohio's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Ohio and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Ohio yearly report and Colorado's report ($25).

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Ohio statutory agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Ohio name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

Yes, but Ohio keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and Ohio has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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