Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Massachusetts and Colorado each ask for

	Massachusetts formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Massachusetts 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	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Massachusetts to Colorado, step by step

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

Will your Massachusetts name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Massachusetts company. We check your exact Massachusetts name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and Massachusetts

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

Staying in good standing in Massachusetts and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Colorado comes to $694 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Colorado

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Massachusetts to Colorado

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Colorado?

$694 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Massachusetts name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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