Colorado

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Delaware LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

An LLC formed in Delaware that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Delaware here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program from your Delaware records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Delaware and Colorado side by side

	Delaware formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Delaware Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$100 at order
How it is handled	Delaware: through the Division of Corporations request service, sent by first-class mail unless a FedEx or UPS account is supplied	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	corp.delaware.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual LLC Tax, $400, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	On or before June 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$200 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Delaware registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Delaware companies register with Colorado

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

Your Delaware name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Delaware

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

Staying in good standing in Delaware and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($400) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Delaware plus Colorado comes to $574 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Delaware to Colorado

A corporation formed in Delaware files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Delaware

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Delaware files Delaware's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Questions Delaware owners ask about Colorado

Does my Delaware company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Delaware 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 Delaware.

Do I need Delaware's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Delaware and Colorado?

$574 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $400 to Delaware and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a Delaware 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 Delaware registered agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Delaware name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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