Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Florida LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

Colorado registers an LLC from Florida as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Florida: no Certificate of Status. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program from your Florida records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Florida and Colorado side by side

	Florida formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Florida Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	Florida: online, emailed as a PDF once payment goes through	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	dos.fl.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $138.75, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	May 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$400 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Florida registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Florida to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Florida name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Florida first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. After approval, your Florida LLC is registered with Colorado.

Will your Florida name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Florida company. We search Colorado's records for Florida's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Florida one

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Florida

Each year your LLC files Florida's Annual Report ($138.75) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Florida plus Colorado comes to $312.75 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Florida to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into Florida

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Florida files Form CR2E027 with $125 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Florida owners ask about Colorado

Does my Florida company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Florida.

Do I need Florida's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Florida and Colorado?

$312.75 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $138.75 to Florida and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Florida name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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