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Foreign registration · no form number

Texas LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

Texas and Colorado side by side

	Texas formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$15	$100 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report, fee set by the state, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	May 15 each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Texas companies register with Colorado

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

Will your Texas name work for Colorado?

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

Your Colorado agent and the Texas one

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

Staying in good standing in Texas and Colorado

Texas wants the Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report every year; Colorado wants the Periodic Report every year ($25). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Colorado

A corporation formed in Texas files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Texas

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Texas files Form 304 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite; no Colorado certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Texas to Colorado

Does my Texas company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Texas 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 Texas.

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Colorado?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Texas's report (fee set by the state) and Colorado's report ($25).

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Texas name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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