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North Carolina LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

North Carolina and Colorado side by side

	North Carolina formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	North Carolina Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	North Carolina: online as a downloadable electronic certified document, or on paper	Filed online with Colorado
Office	North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Business Registration Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sosnc.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $203, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your North Carolina registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How North Carolina companies register with Colorado

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

Will your North Carolina name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the North Carolina company. We check your exact North Carolina name against Colorado's records before filing.

Agents: Colorado and North Carolina

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and North Carolina

Each year your LLC files North Carolina's Annual Report ($203) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, North Carolina plus Colorado comes to $377 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, North Carolina to Colorado

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

The other way: Colorado into North Carolina

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with North Carolina files Form L-09 with $253 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Common questions: North Carolina to Colorado

Does my North Carolina company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay North Carolina.

Do I need North Carolina's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for North Carolina and Colorado?

$377 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $203 to North Carolina and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my North Carolina name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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