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Foreign registration · Form LLC 4

Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Missouri

An LLC formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Missouri files Form LLC 4, with $105 in state fees. Missouri also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Missouri each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	No fee	$105 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Missouri
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sos.mo.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
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

From Colorado to Missouri, step by step

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. Ordered from Colorado on filing day, it easily meets Missouri's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form LLC 4
It names us as your Missouri registered agent, with your Colorado name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Colorado delays the Missouri filing. Once Missouri approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

Missouri costs for Colorado companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$304

Will your Colorado name work for Missouri?

We check your exact Colorado name against Missouri's records before filing.

Agents: Missouri and Colorado

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Missouri

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

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Missouri

A corporation formed in Colorado files Form Corp 42 with Missouri ($155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Missouri into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to Missouri

Does my Colorado company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Missouri law lists 7 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Missouri registration cost?

$304 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Missouri?

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

What if I don't register with Missouri?

A Colorado company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Missouri LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the Missouri registration and Colorado's filings stay in place.

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