Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Virginia Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Virginia vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Virginia formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$6	$100 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Virginia to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Virginia name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Virginia name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Virginia name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and Virginia

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

Staying in good standing in Virginia and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Colorado comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Colorado

An LLC formed in Virginia files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Virginia to Colorado

Does my Virginia company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Virginia.

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Colorado?

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

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Virginia name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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