Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: a dissolved Colorado corporation reinstates by filing Articles of Reinstatement (entities dissolved 2+ years also require a signed affidavit and government-issued photo ID) under C.R.S. §§ 7-90-1001 through 7-90-1005 (Colorado Corporations and Associations Act, Part 10: Reinstatement of Dissolved Entities); specifically § 7-90-1003 for $100, though the state’s own materials do not clearly state a deadline.
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The filing, and what Colorado calls it
A dissolved domestic corporation files Articles of Reinstatement online with the Secretary of State stating its name, formation date, dissolution date, and confirming conditions for reinstatement are met. If dissolved 2+ years, the signer must also submit a notarized affidavit of authority plus a copy of government-issued photo ID.
How long you have to reinstate
Colorado’s own materials did not give a clear, single answer on a reinstatement deadline this session; No statutory deadline found. Section 7-90-1001 and section 7-90-1003 impose no time limit on reinstatement; the only consequence of a longer lapse (2+ years) is extra ID/affidavit paperwork, not loss of eligibility.. (C.R.S. § 7-90-1001; § 7-90-1003)
What you must pay before it goes through
Colorado will not reinstate the corporation until every year it sat delinquent is paid for. Delinquent periodic (annual) reports must be brought current: $25 per periodic report plus a $50 late-filing penalty, in addition to the reinstatement fee. (Colorado SOS Business Organizations Fee Schedule)
Whether your name is still yours
Your original name is not guaranteed to still be yours. If the original name is no longer available, Colorado requires the entity name to incorporate the word ‘Reinstated’ plus the reinstatement date. Previously-filed trade names are not automatically restored and must be re-filed separately. Check Colorado’s business-name database before assuming the reinstatement filing will go through under the old name. (Colorado SOS FAQ, Reinstating a Business)
What the filing costs
Colorado’s Articles of Reinstatement (entities dissolved 2+ years also require a signed affidavit and government-issued photo ID) carries a $100 filing fee. Online reinstatement fee; delinquent periodic-report fees ($25 each) plus a $50 late-filing penalty are separate and additional.
What this page does not answer
Reinstating the entity at the state level and squaring things up with the IRS are two separate processes. Late federal returns, penalty abatement requests, and reinstating a lapsed EIN’s associated accounts are governed by federal law, not by Colorado’s corporation statute, and this page does not source them. We have the state-filing answer at primary and the federal-cleanup answer not at all.
This page covers a for-profit business corporation. If you are reinstating an LLC in Colorado instead, the filing, fee and statute are different: see reinstating an LLC in Colorado.
Sources
Every citation on this page is statutory or the Secretary of State’s own official filing instructions. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law; those are the only publishers of the competing versions.
- Colorado SOS reinstatement FAQ: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/FAQs/reinstatement.html
- Statute text, C.R.S. 7-90-1003: https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_7-90-1003