Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Michigan LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Michigan vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Michigan formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	michigan.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Statement, $25, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	February 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Michigan companies register with Colorado

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

Your Michigan name and Colorado's rules

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Michigan company. We search Colorado's records for Michigan's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Colorado and Michigan

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

Staying in good standing in Michigan and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Michigan's Annual Statement ($25) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Michigan plus Colorado comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Michigan to Colorado

A corporation formed in Michigan files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 ($25) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Michigan

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 760 with $50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Michigan to Colorado

Does my Michigan company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Michigan 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 Michigan.

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Colorado?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Michigan and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Michigan name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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