Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

Colorado registers an LLC from Virginia as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Virginia here, not even the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program from your Virginia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Virginia and Colorado each ask for

	Virginia formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$6	$100 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Virginia to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Virginia name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and Virginia

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

Staying in good standing in Virginia and Colorado

Each year your LLC files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Colorado comes to $224 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Colorado

A corporation formed in Virginia files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Colorado company in Virginia

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within one year. See that filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about Colorado

Does my Virginia company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Virginia 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 Virginia.

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Colorado?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Virginia name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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