Foreign Qualification Application

STATEMENT OF FOREIGN ENTITY AUTHORITY

Colorado Online-Filing Preparation Worksheet

Colorado uses one online Statement of Foreign Entity Authority for multiple foreign entity forms. Use the live Secretary of State workflow and select the entity form recognized by the jurisdiction of formation.

1. ENTITY NAME

True name in the jurisdiction of formation:

[____________________________________________________________]

Search the true name in the Colorado filing system.

Name to be used in Colorado — check one:

• ☐ The entity will use its true name in Colorado.
• ☐ The entity will use an assumed entity name in Colorado.

Assumed entity name, if applicable:

[____________________________________________________________]

An assumed entity name for foreign qualification is not the same as a trade name or DBA.

2. ENTITY FORM AND JURISDICTION

A first-time filer will receive a Colorado entity ID after the Statement of Foreign Entity Authority is filed. Do not enter a tax identification number in the entity-ID field.

3. PRINCIPAL OFFICE

3.1 Required Street Address

The principal-office street address must be a physical address and may not be a post-office box.

3.2 Mailing Address, If Different

4. COLORADO REGISTERED AGENT

Choose one eligible agent and obtain consent before filing.

4.1 Individual Agent

An individual agent must:

• be over 18;
• have a primary residence or usual place of business in Colorado; and
• hold a current Colorado driver's license or identification card, or complete the Secretary of State's alternative residency-verification process.

4.2 Entity Agent

An entity agent must:

• be in good standing with the Colorado Secretary of State;
• have a usual place of business in Colorado; and
• if formed outside Colorado, have authority to transact business in Colorado.

A newly qualifying foreign entity cannot select itself during the initial filing. It may change to itself as agent after registration if it is then eligible and in good standing.

4.3 Agent Information

The street address may not be a post-office box or commercial mail drop and must be a place where the agent can accept documents in person during normal business hours. A different mailing address may be a post-office box but must be in Colorado.

Required consent statement: ☐ The registered agent has consented to the appointment.

5. COLORADO COMMENCEMENT DATE

Date the foreign entity commenced or expects to commence transacting business or conducting activities in Colorado:

[MM/DD/YYYY]

6. OPTIONAL FILING TERMS

Additional information permitted or required by law:

☐ None

☐ Included in a plain-text or PDF attachment: [DESCRIPTION]

Effective time — check one:

• ☐ Effective upon filing.
• ☐ Delayed effective date and optional time, no more than 90 days after filing: [MM/DD/YYYY, TIME].

If a delayed date is entered without a time, the filing becomes effective at 11:59 p.m. on that date. Colorado filing dates and times use Mountain Standard Time.

Email or text notifications: [CONTACT INFORMATION]

7. INDIVIDUAL CAUSING DELIVERY

Provide at least one individual who causes the document to be delivered for filing.

List additional individuals in an attachment if needed. Causing the document to be delivered constitutes the individual's statutory affirmation or acknowledgment under penalties of perjury.

8. FILING FEE AND CONFIRMATION

Current online fee for the Foreign Entity Authority Statement: $100.00.

The filing is not complete until payment succeeds. Save the confirmation page and filed PDF; a successful document displays “E-FILED,” its filing date, document number, and amount paid.

The current online form and instructions do not require a home-jurisdiction certificate of existence or good standing. Do not order or attach one solely because the legacy template said it must be dated within 90 days.

9. PERIODIC REPORT AND LATER CHANGES

9.1 Periodic Report

The Secretary of State assigns a Periodic Report month. The report can be filed without penalty during a five-month window: two months before the report month, the report month itself, and two months after it. It is due by the last day of the second month after the report month.

Periodic Report month: [________________]

Current fee: $25.00

Current late-filing penalty: $50.00

If the report is not filed by the due date, the entity becomes noncompliant. If the required filing is still not made during the following 60 days, the entity becomes delinquent.

9.2 Name, Office, and Agent Changes

Use the specific online Statement of Change for the entity name, principal-office address, or registered-agent information. The current fee schedule lists a $10 online fee for each of those statements. Agent information may also be updated in the Periodic Report.

The initial authority filing does not ask for duration, authorized shares or units, or a home-jurisdiction good-standing representation. Do not create amendment obligations for fields that are not part of the filed statement.

10. FILING CHECKLIST

• ☐ Determine whether the entity's activities require Colorado foreign authority.
• ☐ Search the true name and select an assumed entity name only if needed.
• ☐ Confirm the foreign entity form and jurisdiction.
• ☐ Gather the principal street and mailing addresses.
• ☐ Select an eligible Colorado registered agent and obtain consent.
• ☐ Gather any individual-agent ID or alternative-verification information required by the live workflow.
• ☐ Enter the Colorado commencement or expected-commencement date.
• ☐ Choose immediate or valid delayed effectiveness.
• ☐ Identify at least one individual causing delivery.
• ☐ Review, pay the current $100 fee, and save the confirmation and filed document.
• ☐ Record the assigned Periodic Report month and calendar the five-month filing window.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• Colorado Secretary of State — Statement of Foreign Entity Authority instructions
• Colorado Secretary of State — Registered-agent FAQs
• Colorado Secretary of State — Periodic-report FAQs
• Colorado Secretary of State — Entity-status and due-date FAQs
• Colorado Secretary of State — Current business fee schedule
• Colorado General Assembly — 2025 Title 7, current through the August 2025 First Extraordinary Session