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Foreign registration · no form number

Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Minnesota vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Minnesota formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.mn.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	December 31	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Minnesota to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Minnesota name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Minnesota

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

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Colorado comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into Minnesota

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $205 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Colorado

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Minnesota.

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Colorado?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Minnesota name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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