Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Oklahoma Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Oklahoma and Colorado side by side

	Oklahoma formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Oklahoma Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Oklahoma: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Oklahoma Secretary of State, Business Filing Department	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	oklahoma.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Oklahoma registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Oklahoma companies register with Colorado

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

Your Oklahoma name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Oklahoma one

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

Staying in good standing in Oklahoma and Colorado

Oklahoma 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, Oklahoma to Colorado

An LLC formed in Oklahoma files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Oklahoma's Annual Certificate ($26) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into Oklahoma

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Oklahoma files Form 0012 with $312 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Oklahoma owners ask about Colorado

Does my Oklahoma company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Oklahoma.

Do I need Oklahoma's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Oklahoma and Colorado?

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

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Oklahoma name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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