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Foreign registration · no form number

Tennessee Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Tennessee and Colorado each ask for

	Tennessee formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Tennessee Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Tennessee: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.tn.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $20, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Tennessee registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Tennessee to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Tennessee name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Tennessee

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Tennessee

Each year your corporation files Tennessee's Annual Report ($20) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Tennessee plus Colorado comes to $194 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Tennessee to Colorado

An LLC formed in Tennessee files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Tennessee's Annual Report ($300) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Tennessee

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Tennessee files Form SS-4431 with $600 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free). See that filing.

Questions Tennessee owners ask about Colorado

Does my Tennessee company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Tennessee.

Do I need Tennessee's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Tennessee and Colorado?

$194 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $20 to Tennessee and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Tennessee name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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