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Foreign registration · no form number

Arizona LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Arizona and Colorado side by side

	Arizona formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Arizona Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Arizona: online as a PDF through the Arizona Business Center, by mail or in person	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	ecorp.azcc.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Arizona statutory agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Arizona companies register with Colorado

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

Your Arizona name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Arizona

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Arizona says statutory agent. Your current statutory agent stays for Arizona; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Arizona and Colorado

Arizona has no annual report for LLCs; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Arizona to Colorado

A corporation formed in Arizona files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Arizona

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Arizona files Form L025 with $153.30 in state fees and a $35 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Arizona owners ask about Colorado

Does my Arizona company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once an Arizona 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 Arizona.

Do I need Arizona's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Arizona and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Arizona yearly report and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge an Arizona 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 Arizona statutory agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Arizona name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

Yes, but Arizona keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and Arizona has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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