Colorado

Arizona

Foreign registration · Form L025

Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Arizona

Arizona registers an LLC from Colorado as a foreign LLC on Form L025, with $153.30 in state fees and a $35 required expedite. Arizona also asks for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Corporation Commission, Corporations Division using your Colorado records and act as your statutory agent there for the first year.

Colorado and Arizona side by side

	Colorado formed here	Arizona registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form L025, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	No fee	$153.30 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Arizona
Required expedite		$35 at order (typically 5 business days)
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	azcc.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	No annual report
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: typically 5 business days
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Arizona statutory agent

How Colorado companies register with Arizona

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Arizona order. Ordered from Colorado on filing day, it easily meets Arizona's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form L025
It lists us as your Arizona statutory agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Colorado issues the certificate instantly, so the Arizona filing can go in the same day. Once Arizona approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Arizona costs for Colorado companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$153.30
Required expedite (typically 5 business days), paid at order	$35
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Arizona statutory agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$387.30

Will your Colorado name work for Arizona?

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

Your Arizona agent and the Colorado one

Arizona calls it a statutory agent; Colorado says registered agent. Arizona papers come to us; Colorado's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Arizona

Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25); Arizona has no annual report for LLCs. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Arizona

A corporation formed in Colorado files Form C018 with Arizona ($178.85 in state fees and the $35 required expedite). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Arizona into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Arizona

Does my Colorado company need to register in Arizona?

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

How much does the Arizona registration cost?

$387.30 at checkout, including the $35 required expedite, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Arizona wants it (free), no more than 60 days old at filing.

How long does the Arizona registration take?

Typically 5 business days with Arizona's required expedite; Colorado's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Arizona?

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

What if I don't register with Arizona?

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

Does Arizona require a registered agent?

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

Will Arizona 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.

Can I form a new Arizona LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Arizona later?

Colorado companies leave by filing Form L026 ($10); until then, both the Arizona registration and Colorado's filings stay in place.

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