Colorado

Minnesota

Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Minnesota

To do business in Minnesota, an LLC formed in Colorado registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $205 in state fees. Minnesota asks nothing of Colorado here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and Minnesota each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Minnesota registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Minnesota (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$205 at order (filing fee $185 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Minnesota
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.mn.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	December 31
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Minnesota registered agent

From Colorado to Minnesota, step by step

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

Will your Colorado name work for Minnesota?

We search Minnesota's records for Colorado's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Minnesota agent and the Colorado one

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Minnesota

Each year your LLC files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Minnesota comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Minnesota

A corporation formed in Colorado files its own registration with Minnesota ($220 in state fees). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Minnesota's Annual Renewal ($115). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Minnesota into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Minnesota

Does my Colorado company need to register in Minnesota?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Minnesota law lists 8 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$404 at checkout, with nothing to pay Colorado.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

No, Minnesota takes the registration without it.

How long does the Minnesota registration take?

Minnesota's online processing takes 2 to 5 business days; nothing comes from Colorado first.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Minnesota?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and nothing to Minnesota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Minnesota?

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

Does Minnesota require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Minnesota LLC instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Minnesota later?

Colorado companies leave by filing an Application for Withdrawal of a Foreign Limited Liability Company ($35); until then, Minnesota's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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