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Foreign registration · no form number

Hawaii LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Hawaii vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Hawaii formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Hawaii Good Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	Hawaii: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	cca.hawaii.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5), $12.50, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the quarter in which the LLC was organized (Q1 organized -> Mar 31	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Hawaii registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Hawaii to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Hawaii name and formation date. No Hawaii paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. After approval, your Hawaii LLC is registered with Colorado.

Will your Hawaii name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Hawaii company. We check your exact Hawaii name against Colorado's records before filing.

Your Colorado agent and the Hawaii one

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Hawaii

Each year your LLC files Hawaii's Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) ($12.50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Hawaii plus Colorado comes to $186.50 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Hawaii to Colorado

A corporation formed in Hawaii files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Hawaii's Annual Report ($15) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Hawaii

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Hawaii files Form FLLC-1 with $51 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Hawaii owners ask about Colorado

Does my Hawaii company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Hawaii 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 Hawaii.

Do I need Hawaii's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Hawaii and Colorado?

$186.50 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $12.50 to Hawaii and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Hawaii name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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