Colorado

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West Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Colorado

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

What West Virginia and Colorado each ask for

	West Virginia formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	West Virginia Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$10	$100 at order
How it is handled	West Virginia: in about 5 to 10 business days, with 24-hour, 2-hour and 1-hour expedite options	Filed online with Colorado
Office	West Virginia Secretary of State, Business & Licensing Division	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.wv.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $26, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	July 1 each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your West Virginia agent for service of process	Our Colorado registered agent

How West Virginia companies register with Colorado

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

Your West Virginia name and Colorado's rules

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

Agents: Colorado and West Virginia

Colorado calls it a registered agent; West Virginia says agent for service of process. Colorado papers come to us; West Virginia's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in West Virginia and Colorado

Each year your LLC files West Virginia's Annual Report ($26) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, West Virginia plus Colorado comes to $200 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, West Virginia to Colorado

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

Registering a Colorado company in West Virginia

An LLC formed in Colorado that registers with West Virginia files Form LLF-1 with $151 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free). See that filing.

Common questions: West Virginia to Colorado

Does my West Virginia company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once a West 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 West Virginia.

Do I need West Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for West Virginia and Colorado?

$200 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $26 to West Virginia and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Colorado?

Colorado can charge a West 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 West Virginia agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my West Virginia name?

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

Can I form a new Colorado LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

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

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