Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Montana LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Montana and Colorado side by side

	Montana formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Montana Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	Montana: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Montana Secretary of State, Business Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	biz.sosmt.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $20, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$15 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Montana registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Montana companies register with Colorado

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

Your Montana name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Montana

Montana and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Montana; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Montana and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Montana's Annual Report ($20) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Montana plus Colorado comes to $194 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Montana to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into Montana

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Montana files Montana's registration (no form number) with $70 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Montana owners ask about Colorado

Does my Montana company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Montana 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 Montana.

Do I need Montana's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Montana and Colorado?

$194 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $20 to Montana and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Montana name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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