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Ohio LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Ohio vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Ohio formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Ohio Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	Ohio: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	cogs.ohiosos.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Ohio statutory agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Ohio to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Ohio name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Ohio name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Colorado's records for Ohio's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Ohio one

Colorado calls it a registered agent; Ohio says statutory agent. Colorado papers come to us; Ohio's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Ohio and Colorado

Ohio has no annual report for LLCs; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Ohio to Colorado

A corporation formed in Ohio files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Ohio

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Ohio files Form 617 with $99 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Ohio to Colorado

Does my Ohio company need to register in Colorado?

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

How much does it cost to register an Ohio LLC in Colorado?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Ohio.

Do I need Ohio's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Ohio and Colorado?

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

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge an Ohio 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 Ohio statutory agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Ohio name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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