Colorado

Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

An LLC formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Alabama files an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama needs nothing from Colorado: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Alabama each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Alabama

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

Your Colorado name and Alabama's rules

Alabama accepts your Colorado name if it includes limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC. If the Colorado name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If Alabama's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Colorado company. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: Alabama and Colorado

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

Yearly filings: Alabama and Colorado

Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25); Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Alabama

A corporation formed in Colorado files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Colorado

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Colorado files Colorado's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees; no Alabama certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Colorado owners ask about Alabama

Does my Colorado company need to register in Alabama?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Alabama registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does it cost to register a Colorado LLC in Alabama?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Colorado.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Alabama?

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

What if I don't register with Alabama?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

Yes: the Colorado registered agent stays, and ours covers Alabama for year one, with a street address there.

Will Alabama accept my Colorado name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Colorado name at home. Alabama names must include limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC.

Can I form a new Alabama LLC instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Foreign LLC Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Alabama's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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