Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Wyoming vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Wyoming formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$100 at order
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Wyoming to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Wyoming name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Wyoming

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Wyoming

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

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Colorado

An LLC formed in Wyoming files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Wyoming

A corporation formed in Colorado that registers with Wyoming files Wyoming's registration (no form number) with $150 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Wyoming to Colorado

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Colorado?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Wyoming.

Do I need Wyoming's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Colorado?

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

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Wyoming name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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