Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Vermont Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Vermont and Colorado each ask for

	Vermont formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Vermont Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Vermont: online as an instant download from the business dashboard	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Vermont Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.vermont.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	By March 15 for calendar-year corps (within 2.5 months after end of fiscal year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Vermont registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Vermont to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your Vermont name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Vermont first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. After approval, your Vermont corporation is registered with Colorado.

Your Vermont name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Vermont

Vermont and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Colorado papers come to us; Vermont's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Vermont

Each year your corporation files Vermont's Annual Report ($60) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Vermont plus Colorado comes to $234 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Vermont to Colorado

An LLC formed in Vermont files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Vermont's Annual Report ($45) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Vermont

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Vermont files Vermont's registration (no form number) with $155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Vermont to Colorado

Does my Vermont company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Vermont.

Do I need Vermont's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Vermont and Colorado?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Vermont and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Vermont name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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