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Foreign registration · no form number

Utah LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What Utah and Colorado each ask for

	Utah formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$12	$100 at order
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Utah to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Utah name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Utah

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

Staying in good standing in Utah and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Utah plus Colorado comes to $192 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Colorado

A corporation formed in Utah files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Utah

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Utah files Utah's registration (no form number) with $59 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Utah to Colorado

Does my Utah company need to register in Colorado?

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

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

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Utah.

Do I need Utah's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Colorado?

$192 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $18 to Utah and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Utah name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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