North Carolina

Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

North Carolina Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

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

What North Carolina and Utah each ask for

	North Carolina formed here	Utah registering here
Document	North Carolina Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$59 at order
How it is handled	North Carolina: online as a downloadable electronic certified document, or on paper	Filed online with Utah
Office	North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Business Registration Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sosnc.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month following the close of the fiscal year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your North Carolina registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From North Carolina to Utah, step by step

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

Your North Carolina name and Utah's rules

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

Your Utah agent and the North Carolina one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and North Carolina

Each year your corporation files North Carolina's Annual Report ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, North Carolina plus Utah comes to $192 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, North Carolina to Utah

An LLC formed in North Carolina files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come North Carolina's Annual Report ($203) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into North Carolina

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with North Carolina files Form B-09 with $253 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions North Carolina owners ask about Utah

Does my North Carolina company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for North Carolina and Utah?

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

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my North Carolina name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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