Colorado

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Connecticut LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

An LLC formed in Connecticut that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Connecticut: no Certificate of Legal Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Connecticut records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Connecticut vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Connecticut formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$100 at order
How it is handled	Connecticut: online, with an express version, or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	business.ct.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $80, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	On or before March 31	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Connecticut registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Connecticut companies register with Colorado

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

Your Connecticut name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Connecticut name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Connecticut name against Colorado's records before filing.

Your Colorado agent and the Connecticut one

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Connecticut

Each year your LLC files Connecticut's Annual Report ($80) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Connecticut plus Colorado comes to $254 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Connecticut to Colorado

A corporation formed in Connecticut files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Connecticut's Annual Report ($150) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Connecticut

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Connecticut files Connecticut's registration (no form number) with $120 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Connecticut to Colorado

Does my Connecticut company need to register in Colorado?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Connecticut.

Do I need Connecticut's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Connecticut and Colorado?

$254 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $80 to Connecticut and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a Connecticut company up to $100 for each year or part of a year and a civil penalty of up to $5,000.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

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

Will Colorado accept my Connecticut name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Connecticut name at home.

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

Yes, but Connecticut keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Connecticut's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

Connecticut companies leave by filing a Statement of Foreign Entity Withdrawal ($10); until then, Colorado's report stays due alongside Connecticut's filings.

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