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Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

An LLC formed in Colorado that wants to do business in South Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Colorado and South Dakota each ask for

	Colorado formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$750 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	sos.state.co.us	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Online processing: immediately
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

How Colorado companies register with South Dakota

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Colorado certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your South Dakota registered 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 South Dakota filing. After approval, your Colorado LLC is registered with South Dakota.

South Dakota costs for Colorado companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$949

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

Your Colorado name and South Dakota's rules

South Dakota accepts your Colorado name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Colorado name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If South Dakota's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Colorado company. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the Colorado one

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

Staying in good standing in Colorado and South Dakota

Each year your LLC files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus South Dakota comes to $229 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Colorado files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: South Dakota into Colorado

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

Common questions: Colorado to South Dakota

Does my Colorado company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Colorado business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$949 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants it (free), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately; Colorado's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and South Dakota?

$229 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Colorado and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

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

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