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Maine Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from Maine as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Maine's Certificate of Existence ($30). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Maine records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Maine vs Utah: the paperwork

	Maine formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Maine Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$30	$59 at order
How it is handled	Maine: online, downloaded from the company's information summary page	Filed online with Utah
Office	Maine Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, UCC and Commissions	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	apps3.web.maine.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $85, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	June 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Maine registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Maine companies register with Utah

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

Your Maine name and Utah's rules

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

Agents: Utah and Maine

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Maine

Each year your corporation files Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Maine plus Utah comes to $252 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Maine to Utah

An LLC formed in Maine files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($30)). After that come Maine's Annual Report ($85) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Utah company in Maine

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Maine files Form MBCA-12 with $250 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Questions Maine owners ask about Utah

Does my Maine company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Maine and Utah?

$252 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $85 to Maine and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Maine name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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