Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Maine LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Maine vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Maine formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$30	$100 at order
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	June 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Maine to Colorado, step by step

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

Will your Maine name work for Colorado?

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

Agents: Colorado and Maine

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Maine

Each year your LLC files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Colorado comes to $259 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Colorado

A corporation formed in Maine files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Maine

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Maine files Form MLLC-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Maine to Colorado

Does my Maine company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Maine.

Do I need Maine's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Colorado?

$259 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Maine name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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