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Foreign registration · no form number

Minnesota Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

A corporation formed in Minnesota that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Minnesota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Minnesota and Utah side by side

	Minnesota formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$59 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed online with Utah
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.mn.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	December 31	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Minnesota companies register with Utah

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

Will your Minnesota name work for Utah?

If another Utah company uses the Minnesota name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Minnesota name against Utah's records before filing.

Agents: Utah and Minnesota

Minnesota and Utah both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Minnesota; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and Utah

Each year your corporation files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Utah comes to $167 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Utah

An LLC formed in Minnesota files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Minnesota

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $220 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Minnesota to Utah

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Utah?

$167 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Minnesota name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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