Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

New York LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

An LLC formed in New York that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from New York: no Certificate of Status. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your New York records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New York and Colorado each ask for

	New York formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	New York Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	New York: on a mailed or emailed request, returned by first-class mail, with 24-hour, same-day and 2-hour expedite options	Filed online with Colorado
Office	New York Department of State, Division of Corporations	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	dos.ny.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Statement, $9, every two years	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	During the calendar month in which the Articles of Organization were filed, every 2 years	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your New York registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From New York to Colorado, step by step

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

Your New York name and Colorado's rules

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

Your Colorado agent and the New York one

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and New York

New York wants the Biennial Statement every two years ($9); Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New York to Colorado

A corporation formed in New York files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New York's Biennial Statement ($9) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into New York

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with New York files Form DOS-1361-f-a with $250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within one year. See that filing.

Questions New York owners ask about Colorado

Does my New York company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay New York.

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

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for New York and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New York's report ($9, every two years) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my New York name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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