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Nevada LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, an LLC formed in Nevada registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Nevada: no Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program from your Nevada records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Nevada vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Nevada formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Nevada Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$50	$100 at order
How it is handled	Nevada: online through SilverFlume, or by mail, with 1-hour, 2-hour and 24-hour expedite tiers	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Nevada Secretary of State, Commercial Recordings Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	nvsilverflume.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic report, $350, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$175 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Nevada registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Nevada companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Nevada name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Nevada first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. After approval, your Nevada LLC is registered with Colorado.

Will your Nevada name work for Colorado?

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

Agents: Colorado and Nevada

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

Staying in good standing in Nevada and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Nevada's periodic report ($350) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Nevada plus Colorado comes to $524 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Nevada to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in Nevada

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Nevada files Nevada's registration (no form number) with $425 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Nevada owners ask about Colorado

Does my Nevada company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Nevada.

Do I need Nevada's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Nevada and Colorado?

$524 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $350 to Nevada and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Nevada name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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