Georgia Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from Georgia as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Georgia's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Georgia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Georgia and Utah each ask for

	Georgia formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Georgia Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$59 at order
How it is handled	Georgia: online as a PDF, processed immediately with no expedite fee	Filed online with Utah
Office	Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	ecorp.sos.ga.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration, $60, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	April 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Georgia registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Georgia companies register with Utah

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

Your Georgia name and Utah's rules

If Utah's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Georgia company. We check your exact Georgia name against Utah's records before filing.

Your Utah agent and the Georgia one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Georgia

Each year your corporation files Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Georgia plus Utah comes to $227 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Georgia to Utah

An LLC formed in Georgia files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Georgia's Annual Registration ($60) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Georgia to Utah

Does my Georgia company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Georgia and Utah?

$227 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Georgia and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Georgia name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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