Utah Foreign Registration / Corporation filing
The Utah application for authority for a foreign corporation
$59 is the Utah fee for a corporation formed elsewhere, which files the Application for Authority to Conduct Affairs for a Foreign Corporation with a certification of good standing or existence no more than 90 days old. Preparing it costs $199 from us.
The corporation filing in brief
| Title | Application for Authority to Conduct Affairs for a Foreign Corporation |
|---|---|
| Fee | $59 |
| Home paper | A certification of good standing or existence, 90 days or newer |
| Route | The Division's online business registration system, which needs a free UtahID account |
| Every year | Renewal, $18 |
| Leaving | Application for withdrawal, with an EIN |
Who registers
A corporation that does business in Utah registers under the same section as an LLC, 16-1a-503. The same list of excluded activities applies to corporations.
What the application says
The Division's form says a certification of good standing or existence from the state of incorporation, dated no earlier than 90 days before the filing, is attached. In substance the corporation gives its name (and an alternate name if its own cannot be used), its type of entity, its jurisdiction of formation, the street and mailing address of its principal office, the address of any office its home law requires it to keep, and its registered agent.
Names for corporations
A corporation name must include a corporation word or abbreviation and cannot include limited liability company, limited company or partnership terms. If the name does not work in Utah, the corporation uses an alternate name for Utah.
The registered agent
A corporation designates an agent with a street address in Utah, plus a Utah mailing address if different. The statement may instead name an office within the corporation whose holder accepts service, with a mailing address. The role can be ours, or you can name somebody else.
The certificate
The attached certification must be dated no earlier than 90 days before filing. If it is not in English, add a reasonably authenticated translation.
Annual renewal
A corporation renews yearly for $18, due by the last day of the anniversary month, the calendar month in which the registration took effect, with a $10 late fee. A foreign nonprofit that is a charity and files an IRS Form 990 sends its latest one with the renewal.
Leaving Utah
A corporation withdraws on the application for withdrawal and states its federal employer identification number. The Division then asks the State Tax Commission to certify good standing. See withdrawing.
Nonprofits
A foreign nonprofit corporation registers for $59 and renews for $18 on the same schedule as a corporation.
Corporation versus LLC
The Utah fees are the same, $59 against $59, and so is the yearly renewal. The differences are the home certificate wording, the tax check on withdrawal and the form.
Corporation filing step by step
Log in to the Division's system, choose Formations, then Foreign, then the corporation type. Answer the questions, attach the certification of good standing from the state of incorporation, sign and pay. The Division returns an acknowledgment with the date and time of filing.
After the corporation registers
Calendar the anniversary month, keep the agent current, and watch for the renewal postcard. A corporation that stops doing business in Utah withdraws; a corporation that simply stops filing risks termination, after which it cannot withdraw.
Alternate names for a corporation
A foreign entity whose name does not comply must adopt an alternate name before it registers, and need not also file a DBA. Afterward it does business under the alternate name, under its own name with its home jurisdiction added, or under a registered DBA.
Who signs the application
The application is signed by an individual authorized to sign (or acting for one) who signs and states his or her name and capacity. By signing, the individual affirms under penalty of perjury that the facts stated are true in all material respects.
Officers and directors in the annual report
The annual report lists each director and principal officer with an address, so keep that information current. Where privacy matters, the Division suggests a business address instead of a residence.
A corporation checklist
Name checked. Agent confirmed with a Utah street address. Certification of good standing dated within 90 days. Signer chosen. Fee ready. Then deliver the application.
What we do with the application
Send the corporation's details and name the agent you want; we draft the application, order the certification and send in the filing, all for $199.
Filing the application through us
Send corporate details
Name, state of incorporation, main office.
Settle the name
Use it or adopt an alternate name for Utah.
We request the certification
Ordered from the official who keeps your records.
Sign
An authorized individual who states a role.
We deliver
The application and $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.
Corporation questions
What does it cost?
$59.
How old can the certificate be?
No more than 90 days.
What does it pay each year?
$18.
What is needed to leave?
A withdrawal application and the corporation's EIN.
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 Division of Corporations, foreign limited liability company page
- 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 Code 16-1a-201 to 16-1a-212, filing requirements and annual report
- Utah Division of Corporations, foreign business (profit) corporation page
- Utah Division of Corporations, foreign non-profit corporation page
- Utah Division of Corporations, business registration information changes
- Utah application for withdrawal of a foreign profit or non-profit corporation (Division of Corporations form)
Doing business in Utah?
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