Utah Foreign Registration / Self-filing
Filing a Utah foreign LLC registration without help
An owner can do this alone. The Division takes the foreign registration statement through its online system or on paper, charges an LLC $59, and returns an acknowledgment of the date and time it filed. What follows is the order of work and the points where owners trip up.
Choose the right filing
An LLC uses the Foreign Registration Statement (Foreign Limited Liability Company), a corporation the Application for Authority to Conduct Affairs for a Foreign Corporation, a limited partnership its own statement and an LLP another. A series LLC has a separate form too.
Gather the facts
Collect the exact company name as the home records spell it, the jurisdiction of formation, the principal office street address, the Utah agent with a Utah street address, the name to use in Utah if needed and the person who will sign.
Check the name
Utah expects a name that is distinguishable from others on the Division's records, ignoring designators, small words, punctuation and capitalization. If the name conflicts, the holder may consent in a record, a court judgment may allow it, or the company adopts an alternate name.
Settle the agent
The agent must agree to serve and must have a Utah street address. A PO box can be listed only as the mailing address after the street address. If you have no Utah address, hire a commercial agent.
Order the home certificate
Ask the home official for a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, authorized by the lieutenant governor or other official who has custody of corporate records in the jurisdiction of formation, dated within 90 days of the day you deliver. The Delaware certificate is $50; the Wyoming one is $0.
File online
The Division's system needs a free UtahID. Log in, pick Formations, then Foreign, then the entity type, and work through a linear, step-by-step flow with a Next button in the bottom right corner. A filing is received only once the fee is paid.
Or file on paper
Paper filings are accepted by mail, in person, or online through the Submit a Paper Filing option. They must be typewritten, computer generated or machine printed, and in English. Using the Division's form is optional.
The three routes compared
| Route | Requirements | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Online | A UtahID account, the form fields, a payment | LLCs and corporations |
| Paper by mail | A printed statement, the certificate and the fee | Anyone who wants paper copies |
| In person | The same papers, delivered to the Division | Anyone near Salt Lake City |
The filing and the fee are the same on each route.
Sign correctly
The signer states a name and capacity, and signing affirms under penalty of perjury that the facts are true. An agent may sign for the entity if authorized.
If the Division refuses
When the Division refuses a filing, it returns the filing or notifies the filer of its refusal, with a brief explanation, within 15 business days; the filer may amend the filing for reexamination within a period set by the Division that is no more than 30 days.
After you file
Keep the acknowledgment and note the anniversary month, because that sets the renewal date. The annual report is due on the last day of that month and may be sent up to 60 days earlier.
Setting up the account
Creating a UtahID is free. The same account later files the renewal and any change of agent, so use an email address the company will keep.
The order of work
Choose the name, the agent and the signer. Request the home certificate. When it arrives, log in, key in the statement, upload the certificate and pay. The Division then files the statement and returns an acknowledgment.
What to check before paying
Compare the statement with the home certificate one line at a time: name, jurisdiction, principal office. Confirm that the agent address is a street address and the certificate is under 90 days old. Make sure the signer has entered a title.
After the filing
Save the acknowledgment and calendar the renewal.
Restricted words and corporate endings
Before settling on a name, note that in Utah the words Olympic, Olympiad, Citius Altius Fortius and the number sequence 911 are restricted, and no name may imply a state agency. An entity that is not a corporation cannot use Corp., corporation, Inc. or incorporated in its name.
Who may sign
The filing is signed by an individual authorized to sign (or acting for one) who signs and states his or her name and capacity. An agent may sign, and an individual who signs as an agent affirms being authorized to sign. By signing, the individual affirms under penalty of perjury that the facts stated are true in all material respects.
Forms and format
The Division may provide forms, but true. A paper filing is written, and the Division wants it typewritten, computer generated or machine printed, in English.
A certificate in another language
A certificate that is not in English needs a reasonably authenticated English translation. A certificate going outside the United States may need authentication by the Lieutenant Governor's office.
Other entity types
A series LLC files the Foreign Registration Statement (Foreign Series Limited Liability Company), a limited partnership the Foreign Registration Statement (Limited Partnership) and a limited liability partnership the Foreign Registration Statement (Limited Liability Partnership).
Agent consent
When the filing names an agent, the agent is taken to have agreed to act; a later statement that names a replacement carries the same assurance about the new agent.
Public record
True.
Fees you may meet later
A change of agent filed outside the renewal costs $17, and nothing extra when it rides with the annual report. Transferring a registration after a merger or conversion into another foreign entity costs $17.
What the annual report holds
The report gives its name and any assumed name, its jurisdiction, the registered agent information, the street address of its principal office, and the name and address of each director and principal officer, and the information must be current on the day the report is signed.
What the Division returns
On filing you receive a copy of the filing with an acknowledgment of the date and time it was filed. The registration takes effect when the Division files it, or at a later date and time stated in the filing that is no more than 90 days after filing.
When doing it alone makes sense
Filing yourself suits an owner whose name is clear, whose agent is lined up and whose certificate is in hand: the cost is the state fee plus your time. If the name is contested or the entity unusual, we handle the checking and the filing here; ours charges $199.
A self-filed Utah registration, step by step
Pick the form
LLC, corporation, nonprofit or partnership.
Clear the name
Or adopt an alternate name for Utah.
Line up the agent
With a Utah street address.
Get the home certificate
Dated inside 90 days.
Create a UtahID
It is free.
File and pay
Online or on paper, with $59.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Self-filing questions
Is online filing possible?
Yes, once you have a UtahID.
Is a preparer required?
No.
Do I need a Utah address?
Only for the agent.
Can I mail it?
Yes. Paper filings are accepted by mail, in person or through the online paper option.
Is the signer important?
Yes; a name and capacity must be stated.
What do I attach?
The home-state certificate of existence.
What you pay
Register in Utah
+ $59 Utah fee
The Utah fee for an LLC is $59; checkout lists it on its own line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
$199
Utah Foreign Registration
- Foreign registration statement (foreign limited liability company), written from your answers
- Your home certificate, ordered to be fresh enough on filing day
- A Utah agent for service: our firm, or someone you pick
- The filing acknowledgment from the Division, returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Sources
- Utah foreign registration statement, foreign limited liability company (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, fee schedule
- Utah annual report and renewal form with instructions (Division of Corporations)
- Utah Code 16-1a-501 to 16-1a-510, foreign entities
- Utah application for authority to conduct affairs for a foreign corporation (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
- Utah foreign registration statement, limited partnership (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Code 16-1a-201 to 16-1a-212, filing requirements and annual report
- Utah foreign registration statement, limited liability partnership (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Code 16-1a-301 to 16-1a-305, names
- Utah Code 16-1a-401 to 16-1a-414, registered agent of an entity
- Utah Division of Corporations, how to file a renewal with changes
- Delaware Division of Corporations fee schedule (PDF)
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Utah Division of Corporations, foreign limited liability company page
- Utah Division of Corporations, how to renew a business
- Utah Division of Corporations, business registration information changes
- Utah Division of Corporations, ordering copies and certificates
- Utah foreign registration statement, foreign series limited liability company (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah application for withdrawal of a foreign profit or non-profit corporation (Division of Corporations form)
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