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Louisiana LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Louisiana and Colorado each ask for

	Louisiana formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Louisiana Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Louisiana: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.la.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $40, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of organization	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Louisiana registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Louisiana companies register with Colorado

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

Your Louisiana name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Louisiana name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Louisiana name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and Louisiana

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Louisiana

Each year your LLC files Louisiana's Annual Report ($40) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Louisiana plus Colorado comes to $214 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Louisiana to Colorado

A corporation formed in Louisiana files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Louisiana's Annual Report ($30) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Louisiana

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Louisiana files Form 972 with $190 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Louisiana owners ask about Colorado

Does my Louisiana company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Louisiana.

Do I need Louisiana's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Louisiana and Colorado?

$214 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $40 to Louisiana and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Louisiana name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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