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Colorado Secretary of State Online Business Resources
Here are some links to help you get started. All of these resources can be found on the Colorado Secretary of State Website. We have simply listed them here to help you get started. If you need to file to establish your corporate entity, just look under "Form a New..." If you need to register a trade name, just look under "Register a..." You get the idea.
Form a New...
- Limited liability company (LLC)
- Profit corporation - S Corp, C Corp
- Nonprofit corporation - 501C3
- General partnership as a limited liability partnership (LLP)
- Limited partnership registered as a limited liability limited partnership (LLLP) - Combined
- Limited partnership (LP)
- Limited partnership association
- Cooperative
- Cooperative association
Reserve a...
Register a...
- Trade name
- Trademark
- Foreign entity
- True name of a foreign entity
- Article 61 limited partnership as a limited liability limited partnership (LLLP)
Conversion
Miscellaneous Transactions
- Appoint an agent for service of process
- Dissolution of a general partnership
- Dissociation regarding a general partnership
- Statement of denial regarding a general partnership
- Partnership authority for a general partnership
FAQ's
- Periodic Reports
- Apostilles
- Attachments
- Beginning a Business
- Dissolution/Reinstatement
- Electronic Filing
- E-mail Notification
- Entity Names
- Filing Documents and Obtaining Information
- Foreign Business Entities
- General Questions
- Noncompliance/Delinquency
- Personal Identifying Information (PII)
- Professional Service Corporations
- Registered Agent
- Tax Information - EIN Number
- Trademarks
- Trade Names
- Alerts & Cautions
- Identity Theft Protection
- Fee Schedule
- New Businesses Checklist
- Glossary of Terms
Business Entities, Trade Names, Trademarks, etc.
- Search business database
- File a document affecting an existing record
- File a document creating a new record
- File a Periodic Report
- Obtain a certificate of good standing
- Validate a certificate of good standing
- Subscribe to / Unsubscribe from e-mail notification
- File quarterly and annual corporate reports
Helpful Filing Tips and Troubleshooting Information
Here are some filing tips from the Business Division of the Colorado Secretary of StateÕs Office that will help make business filing simpler. For more helpful information about online filing, or specifically filing a Periodic Report online, please read the relevant sections of our FAQs, which can be found on the Business Division home page under "Help and Information".
- Online Systems Availability
- Tips for Filing a Periodic Report
- Attach a File to an Online Transaction
- Attachments Information
- Convert a Word document (.doc) to text format (.txt)
- Online Filing of Business Documents
- Searching the Business Database
- View PDF Files and Certificates of Good Standing
- Delayed Effective Dates
- Prepaid Accounts/Facsimile (Fax) Filing
- Browser Issues