Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Pennsylvania and Colorado each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$40	$100 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	September 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Colorado registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Colorado registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date. No Pennsylvania paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. Once Colorado approves it, the Pennsylvania company can do business there.

Will your Pennsylvania name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the Pennsylvania one

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

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Colorado comes to $181 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Colorado

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Colorado

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Pennsylvania.

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Colorado?

$181 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Pennsylvania name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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