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Connecticut Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, a corporation formed in Connecticut registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Connecticut's Certificate of Legal Existence ($80). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Connecticut records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Connecticut and Utah side by side

	Connecticut formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$80	$59 at order
How it is handled	Connecticut: online, with an express version, or by mail	Filed online with Utah
Office	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	business.ct.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $150, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Anniversary date of the filing of the first annual report	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Connecticut registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Connecticut companies register with Utah

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

Will your Connecticut name work for Utah?

If Utah's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Connecticut company. We search Utah's records for Connecticut's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Utah and Connecticut

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Connecticut

Each year your corporation files Connecticut's Annual Report ($150) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Connecticut plus Utah comes to $317 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Connecticut to Utah

An LLC formed in Connecticut files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Legal Existence ($50)). After that come Connecticut's Annual Report ($80) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Utah company in Connecticut

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Connecticut files Connecticut's registration (no form number) with $385 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Connecticut owners ask about Utah

Does my Connecticut company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Connecticut and Utah?

$317 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Connecticut and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Connecticut name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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