Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

California LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

California vs Colorado: the paperwork

	California formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	California Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	California: online as a PDF within minutes, or on paper by mail or drop-off in Sacramento	Filed online with Colorado
Office	California Secretary of State, Business Entities	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Statement of Information (Form LLC-12), $20, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's registration-anniversary month, biennially	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$250 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your California agent for service of process	Our Colorado registered agent

How California companies register with Colorado

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

Will your California name work for Colorado?

If another Colorado company uses the California name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact California name against Colorado's records before filing.

Your Colorado agent and the California one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; California says agent for service of process. Colorado papers come to us; California's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in California and Colorado

California wants the Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) every two years ($20); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, California to Colorado

A corporation formed in California files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550) ($25) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in California

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with California files Form LLC-5 with $70 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Common questions: California to Colorado

Does my California company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a California 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 California.

Do I need California's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for California and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), California's report ($20, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a California 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 California agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my California name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

Yes, but California keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps California's Statement of Information (Form LLC-12).

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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