Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Pennsylvania and Utah each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$40	$59 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Utah
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	June 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Utah registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Utah, step by step

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

Your Pennsylvania name and Utah's rules

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

Your Utah agent and the Pennsylvania one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Utah comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Utah

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40)). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Utah

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$258 at checkout; Utah may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Utah?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Pennsylvania name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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