Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Wisconsin Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, a corporation formed in Wisconsin registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Wisconsin here, not even the Certificate of Status. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Wisconsin records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Wisconsin and Colorado side by side

	Wisconsin formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report, $25, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of the articles' effective date	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Wisconsin companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Wisconsin name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Wisconsin first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the Wisconsin company can do business there.

Will your Wisconsin name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Wisconsin company. We search Colorado's records for Wisconsin's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Wisconsin one

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

Staying in good standing in Wisconsin and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wisconsin plus Colorado comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Colorado

An LLC formed in Wisconsin files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Colorado into Wisconsin

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Wisconsin files Form 21 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Wisconsin to Colorado

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Wisconsin.

Do I need Wisconsin's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Colorado?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Wisconsin and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Wisconsin name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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