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Foreign registration · no form number

California Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

A corporation formed in California that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for California's Certificate of Status ($5). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your California records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

California and Utah side by side

	California formed here	Utah registering here
Document	California Certificate of Status	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$59 at order
How it is handled	California: online as a PDF within minutes, or on paper by mail or drop-off in Sacramento	Filed online with Utah
Office	California Secretary of State, Business Entities	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Statement of Information (Form SI-550), $25, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the corporation's registration-anniversary month, annually	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$250 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your California agent for service of process	Our Utah registered agent

How California companies register with Utah

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your California name and formation date. If Utah wants the California certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your California corporation is registered with Utah.

Will your California name work for Utah?

If another Utah company uses the California name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact California name against Utah's records before filing.

Agents: Utah and California

Utah calls it a registered agent; California says agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for California; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Utah and California

Each year your corporation files California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550) ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, California plus Utah comes to $192 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, California to Utah

An LLC formed in California files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Status ($5)). After that come California's Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) ($20) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Utah company in California

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with California files Form S&DC-S/N with $100 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: California to Utah

Does my California company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does it cost to register a California corporation in Utah?

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

What are the yearly costs for California and Utah?

$192 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to California and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the California agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my California name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

Yes, but California keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18), and the original keeps California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550).

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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