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South Dakota LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

An LLC formed in South Dakota that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of South Dakota here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your South Dakota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

South Dakota and Colorado side by side

	South Dakota formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	South Dakota Certificate of Good Standing/Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	South Dakota: online	Filed online with Colorado
Office	South Dakota Secretary of State	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sosenterprise.sd.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $55, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	During the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your South Dakota registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From South Dakota to Colorado, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your South Dakota name and formation date. No South Dakota paperwork holds up the Colorado filing. After approval, your South Dakota LLC is registered with Colorado.

Will your South Dakota name work for Colorado?

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

Agents: Colorado and South Dakota

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

Staying in good standing in South Dakota and Colorado

Each year your LLC files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, South Dakota plus Colorado comes to $229 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, South Dakota to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in South Dakota

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with South Dakota files South Dakota's registration (no form number) with $750 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free). See that filing.

Common questions: South Dakota to Colorado

Does my South Dakota company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay South Dakota.

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

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for South Dakota and Colorado?

$229 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $55 to South Dakota and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my South Dakota name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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