Alaska

Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Alaska LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

Colorado registers an LLC from Alaska as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Alaska: no Certificate of Compliance. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Alaska records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Alaska and Colorado each ask for

	Alaska formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Alaska Certificate of Compliance (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Alaska: online or by mail, usually in 10 to 15 business days and longer from October to February	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	commerce.alaska.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Report, $100, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	January 2 of the filing year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$37.50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Alaska registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Alaska to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Alaska name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Alaska one

Alaska and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Alaska; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Alaska

Alaska wants the Biennial Report every two years ($100); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alaska to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in Alaska

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Alaska files Form 08-0497 with $350 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free). See that filing.

Questions Alaska owners ask about Colorado

Does my Alaska company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once an Alaska 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 Alaska.

Do I need Alaska's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Alaska and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alaska's report ($100, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge an Alaska 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 Alaska registered agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Alaska name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

Official sources

People also search

LLC into Colorado, by home state (48)

Alaska into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation