Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Jersey vs Utah: the paperwork

	New Jersey formed here	Utah registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$59 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with Utah
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	nj.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Utah

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

Will your New Jersey name work for Utah?

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

Agents: Utah and New Jersey

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

Yearly filings: Utah and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Utah comes to $242 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Utah

An LLC formed in New Jersey files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into New Jersey

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Utah

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$258 at checkout; Utah may also want New Jersey's Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Utah?

$242 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my New Jersey name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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