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South Carolina LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, an LLC formed in South Carolina registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of South Carolina here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your South Carolina records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What South Carolina and Colorado each ask for

	South Carolina formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	South 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	South Carolina: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	South Carolina Secretary of State	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	businessfilings.sc.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your South Carolina agent for service of process	Our Colorado registered agent

How South Carolina companies register with Colorado

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

Your South Carolina name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and South Carolina

Colorado calls it a registered agent; South Carolina says agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for South Carolina; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in South Carolina and Colorado

South Carolina 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, South Carolina to Colorado

A corporation formed in South Carolina files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come South Carolina's Annual Report (Schedule D of Form SC1120 / SC1120S) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into South Carolina

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with South Carolina files Form F0008 with $110 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions South Carolina owners ask about Colorado

Does my South Carolina company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a South Carolina 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 South Carolina.

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

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for South Carolina and Colorado?

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

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a South 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 South Carolina agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my South Carolina name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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