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Foreign registration · no form number

Maryland LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Maryland and Colorado side by side

	Maryland formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Maryland Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Maryland: online through Maryland Business Express, emailed right away	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	businessexpress.maryland.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1), $300, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Maryland resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Maryland companies register with Colorado

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

Your Maryland name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the Maryland one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Maryland says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Maryland; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Maryland

Each year your LLC files Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maryland plus Colorado comes to $474 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Maryland to Colorado

A corporation formed in Maryland files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Maryland's periodic report ($300) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Maryland

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Maryland files Maryland's registration (no form number) with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Maryland owners ask about Colorado

Does my Maryland company need to register in Colorado?

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

How much does the Colorado registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Maryland.

Do I need Maryland's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Maryland and Colorado?

$474 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $300 to Maryland and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Maryland name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

Yes, but Maryland keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1).

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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