Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

Michigan Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

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

What Michigan and Utah each ask for

	Michigan formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$59 at order
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed online with Utah
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	michigan.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500, $25, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	May 15	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Michigan to Utah, step by step

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

Your Michigan name and Utah's rules

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

Your Utah agent and the Michigan one

Utah calls it a registered agent; Michigan says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Michigan; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Utah and Michigan

Each year your corporation files Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Michigan plus Utah comes to $192 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Michigan to Utah

An LLC formed in Michigan files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10)). After that come Michigan's Annual Statement ($25) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Utah company in Michigan

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 560 with $60 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Michigan owners ask about Utah

Does my Michigan company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Utah?

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

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Michigan resident agent stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Michigan name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

Yes, but Michigan keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18), and the original keeps Michigan's Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500.

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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