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Tennessee LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

An LLC formed in Tennessee that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Tennessee here, not even the Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program from your Tennessee records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Tennessee and Colorado each ask for

	Tennessee formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Tennessee Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Tennessee: online or by mail	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.tn.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $300, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Tennessee registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Tennessee companies register with Colorado

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

Will your Tennessee name work for Colorado?

If another Colorado company uses the Tennessee name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Tennessee name against Colorado's records before filing.

Your Colorado agent and the Tennessee one

Tennessee and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Tennessee; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Tennessee and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Tennessee's Annual Report ($300) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Tennessee plus Colorado comes to $474 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Tennessee to Colorado

A corporation formed in Tennessee files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Tennessee's Annual Report ($20) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Tennessee

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Tennessee files Form SS-4233 with $300 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Tennessee to Colorado

Does my Tennessee company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Tennessee.

Do I need Tennessee's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Tennessee and Colorado?

$474 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $300 to Tennessee and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Tennessee name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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