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New Mexico LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

New Mexico and Colorado side by side

	New Mexico formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	Set by the state	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How New Mexico companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your New Mexico name and formation date. No New Mexico paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. After approval, your New Mexico LLC is registered with Colorado.

Will your New Mexico name work for Colorado?

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

Agents: Colorado and New Mexico

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and New Mexico

New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in New Mexico

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions New Mexico owners ask about Colorado

Does my New Mexico company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a New Mexico 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 New Mexico.

Do I need New Mexico's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Mexico and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no New Mexico yearly report and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my New Mexico name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

Yes, but New Mexico keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and New Mexico has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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