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Foreign registration · no form number

North Dakota Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from North Dakota as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for North Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing ($20). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your North Dakota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

North Dakota and Utah side by side

	North Dakota formed here	Utah registering here
Document	North Dakota Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$20	$59 at order
How it is handled	North Dakota: online	Filed online with Utah
Office	North Dakota Secretary of State	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	firststop.sos.nd.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	August 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$20 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your North Dakota registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From North Dakota to Utah, step by step

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

Will your North Dakota name work for Utah?

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

Your Utah agent and the North Dakota one

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

Staying in good standing in North Dakota and Utah

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

LLC or corporation, North Dakota to Utah

An LLC formed in North Dakota files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($20)). After that come North Dakota's Annual Report ($50) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Utah company in North Dakota

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with North Dakota files North Dakota's registration (no form number) with $145 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions North Dakota owners ask about Utah

Does my North Dakota company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for North Dakota and Utah?

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

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my North Dakota name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

North Dakota 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 Dakota's filings.

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