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Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 450

Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

To do business in Rhode Island, an LLC formed in Colorado registers there on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Colorado records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Colorado and Rhode Island each ask for

	Colorado formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	No fee	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.co.us	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	May 1
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Colorado companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Ordered from Colorado on filing day, it easily meets Rhode Island's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Colorado name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Colorado delays the Rhode Island filing. After approval, your Colorado LLC is registered with Rhode Island.

Rhode Island costs for Colorado companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$355

Your Colorado name and Rhode Island's rules

If another Rhode Island company uses the Colorado name, an alternate name is allowed. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Colorado

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Colorado says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Colorado; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Colorado and Rhode Island

Each year your LLC files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Colorado plus Rhode Island comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Colorado files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Rhode Island company in Colorado

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

Questions Colorado owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Colorado company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$355 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Rhode Island?

$224 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Colorado companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Colorado's filings.

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