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Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, a corporation formed in Colorado registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Colorado records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Colorado vs Utah: the paperwork

	Colorado formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$59 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Utah
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.state.co.us	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Colorado companies register with Utah

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

Will your Colorado name work for Utah?

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

Agents: Utah and Colorado

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Colorado

Each year your corporation files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Colorado plus Utah comes to $192 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Utah

An LLC formed in Colorado files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Colorado

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Colorado files Colorado's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Colorado owners ask about Utah

Does my Colorado company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

$258 at checkout; Utah may also want Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Utah?

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

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Colorado name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

Yes, but Colorado keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18), and the original keeps Colorado's Periodic Report.

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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