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Ohio Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from Ohio as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Ohio's Certificate of Good Standing ($5). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Ohio records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Ohio and Utah each ask for

	Ohio formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Ohio Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$59 at order
How it is handled	Ohio: online or by mail	Filed online with Utah
Office	Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	cogs.ohiosos.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Ohio statutory agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Ohio to Utah, step by step

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

Your Ohio name and Utah's rules

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

Agents: Utah and Ohio

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Ohio

Ohio has no annual report for corporations; Utah wants the Annual Report / Annual Renewal every year ($18). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Ohio to Utah

An LLC formed in Ohio files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($5)). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Ohio

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Ohio files Form 530A with $99 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Ohio to Utah

Does my Ohio company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Ohio and Utah?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Ohio yearly report and Utah's report ($18).

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Ohio statutory agent stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Ohio name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

Yes, but Ohio keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18), and Ohio has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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