Alabama

Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Alabama LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Alabama vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Alabama formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Alabama to Colorado, step by step

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

Will your Alabama name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Alabama company. We check your exact Alabama name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and Alabama

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

Staying in good standing in Alabama and Colorado

Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to Colorado

A corporation formed in Alabama files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Alabama

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Alabama files Alabama's registration (no form number) with $184 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Alabama owners ask about Colorado

Does my Alabama company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once an Alabama business operates there; Colorado law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Alabama.

Do I need Alabama's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge an Alabama company up to $100 for each year or part of a year and a civil penalty of up to $5,000.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Alabama name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

Alabama companies leave by filing a Statement of Foreign Entity Withdrawal ($10); until then, Colorado's report stays due alongside Alabama's filings.

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