Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Kansas LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Kansas and Colorado side by side

	Kansas formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Kansas Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$7.50	$100 at order
How it is handled	Kansas: online as a PDF in your Kansas business account	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.ks.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Information Report, $90, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Kansas resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Kansas companies register with Colorado

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

Your Kansas name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Kansas

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Kansas says resident agent. Colorado papers come to us; Kansas's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Kansas and Colorado

Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($90); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Kansas to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into Kansas

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Kansas files Form FA with $115 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Kansas owners ask about Colorado

Does my Kansas company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Kansas.

Do I need Kansas's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Kansas and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Kansas's report ($90, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a Kansas 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 Kansas resident agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Kansas name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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