Colorado

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Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Delaware

An LLC formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Delaware files a registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Delaware also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), dated within 180 days. We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and Delaware each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$200 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	sos.state.co.us	corp.delaware.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 180 days
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual LLC Tax, $300, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Delaware registered agent

From Colorado to Delaware, step by step

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Delaware order. Ordered from Colorado on filing day, it easily meets Delaware's limit of 180 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Delaware registered agent, with your Colorado name and formation date and the certificate attached. Colorado issues the certificate instantly, so the Delaware filing can go in the same day. Once Delaware approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

First-year cost, Colorado to Delaware

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$200
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Delaware registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$399

Delaware's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Colorado name work for Delaware?

Delaware can hold a name for 120 days for $75 before you file.

Agents: Delaware and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Delaware

Each year your LLC files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Delaware comes to $474 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Delaware

A corporation formed in Colorado files its own registration with Delaware ($245 in state fees). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Delaware's Foreign Corporation Annual Report ($125). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Delaware company in Colorado

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

Questions Colorado owners ask about Delaware

Does my Colorado company need to register in Delaware?

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

How much does the Delaware registration cost?

$399 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Delaware wants it (free), no more than 180 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Delaware?

$474 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $300 to Delaware for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Delaware?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Delaware can add up to $200 for each year or part of a year.

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Delaware LLC instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($400), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, Delaware's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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