Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

North Dakota LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What North Dakota and Colorado each ask for

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

From North Dakota to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your North Dakota name and formation date. Nothing has to come from North Dakota first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the North Dakota company can do business there.

Will your North Dakota name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the North Dakota one

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

Staying in good standing in North Dakota and Colorado

Each year your LLC files North Dakota's Annual Report ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, North Dakota plus Colorado comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, North Dakota to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in North Dakota

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with North Dakota files North Dakota's registration (no form number) with $135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free). See that filing.

Questions North Dakota owners ask about Colorado

Does my North Dakota company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a North Dakota 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 North Dakota.

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

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for North Dakota and Colorado?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to North Dakota and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my North Dakota name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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