Colorado

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Georgia LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, an LLC formed in Georgia registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Georgia here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Georgia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Georgia vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Georgia formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Georgia companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Georgia name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Georgia first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the Georgia company can do business there.

Your Georgia name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Georgia name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Colorado's records for Georgia's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Colorado and Georgia

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

Staying in good standing in Georgia and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Georgia plus Colorado comes to $234 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to Colorado

A corporation formed in Georgia files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Georgia

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Georgia files Form CD 241 with $235 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Georgia to Colorado

Does my Georgia company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Georgia 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 Georgia.

Do I need Georgia's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and Colorado?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Georgia and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Georgia name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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