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Foreign registration · no form number

Indiana LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Indiana and Colorado each ask for

	Indiana formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$15	$100 at order
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Indiana companies register with Colorado

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

Your Indiana name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Indiana

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Indiana

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Indiana to Colorado

A corporation formed in Indiana files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Indiana's Business Entity Report ($32) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Indiana

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Indiana files State Form 56369 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Indiana owners ask about Colorado

Does my Indiana company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Indiana.

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Indiana name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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