Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Idaho and Colorado side by side

	Idaho formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Idaho companies register with Colorado

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

Your Idaho name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Idaho one

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Idaho

Each year your LLC files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Colorado comes to $174 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into Idaho

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Idaho owners ask about Colorado

Does my Idaho company need to register in Colorado?

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

How much does it cost to register an Idaho LLC in Colorado?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Idaho.

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Colorado?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge an Idaho 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 Idaho registered agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Idaho name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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