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Foreign registration · no form number

Alabama Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from Alabama as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Alabama's Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Alabama records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Alabama and Utah each ask for

	Alabama formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$59 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed online with Utah
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Alabama companies register with Utah

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Utah registered agent, with your Alabama name and formation date. If Utah wants the Alabama certificate, it is ordered first. Once Utah approves it, the Alabama company can do business there.

Will your Alabama name work for Utah?

If another Utah company uses the Alabama name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Utah's records for Alabama's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Utah agent and the Alabama one

Alabama and Utah both call it a registered agent. Utah papers come to us; Alabama's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Utah and Alabama

Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year; Utah wants the Annual Report / Annual Renewal every year ($18). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to Utah

An LLC formed in Alabama files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Alabama

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Alabama files Alabama's registration (no form number) with $184 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Alabama to Utah

Does my Alabama company need to register in Utah?

Yes, once an Alabama business operates there; Utah registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Utah calls it registration for Alabama corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Utah registration cost?

$258 at checkout; Utah may also want Alabama's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and Utah?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and Utah's report ($18).

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Alabama registered agent stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Alabama name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Alabama name at home.

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

Yes, but Alabama keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18), and the original keeps Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT).

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

Alabama companies leave by filing an Application for Withdrawal of a Foreign Profit or Non-Profit Corporation; until then, Utah's report stays due alongside Alabama's filings.

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