Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Pennsylvania and Colorado side by side

	Pennsylvania formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$40	$100 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	June 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Colorado registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Colorado, step by step

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

Will your Pennsylvania name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the Pennsylvania one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Your current registered office stays for Pennsylvania; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Colorado comes to $181 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Colorado

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Colorado

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Pennsylvania.

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Colorado?

$181 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Pennsylvania name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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