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Rhode Island Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

A corporation formed in Rhode Island that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Rhode Island: no Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Rhode Island records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Rhode Island vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Rhode Island formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Rhode Island Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$22	$100 at order
How it is handled	Rhode Island: online in about two business days, the same day in person, or in 5 to 7 business days by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.ri.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	May 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Rhode Island resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Rhode Island companies register with Colorado

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

Your Rhode Island name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Rhode Island one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Rhode Island says resident agent. Colorado papers come to us; Rhode Island's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Rhode Island and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Rhode Island plus Colorado comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Rhode Island to Colorado

An LLC formed in Rhode Island files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Rhode Island files Form 150 with $319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free). See that filing.

Common questions: Rhode Island to Colorado

Does my Rhode Island company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register a Rhode Island corporation in Colorado?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Rhode Island.

Do I need Rhode Island's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Rhode Island and Colorado?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Rhode Island and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Rhode Island resident agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Rhode Island name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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