Colorado

Foreign registration · no form number

Washington LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

An LLC formed in Washington that wants to do business in Colorado files an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado needs nothing from Washington: no Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Washington records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Washington vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Washington formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Washington Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$100 at order
How it is handled	Washington: online as an instant Express download, also emailed	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	ccfs.sos.wa.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $70, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Washington registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

From Washington to Colorado, step by step

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

Your Washington name and Colorado's rules

If another Colorado company uses the Washington name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Colorado's records for Washington's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Colorado and Washington

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

Yearly filings: Colorado and Washington

Each year your LLC files Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Washington plus Colorado comes to $244 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Washington to Colorado

A corporation formed in Washington files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Colorado into Washington

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with Washington files Washington's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Washington to Colorado

Does my Washington company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a Washington 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 Washington.

Do I need Washington's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Washington and Colorado?

$244 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $70 to Washington and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

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

Will Colorado accept my Washington name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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