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Foreign registration · no form number

Tennessee Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from Tennessee as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Tennessee's Certificate of Existence ($20). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Tennessee records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Tennessee and Utah each ask for

	Tennessee formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Tennessee Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$20	$59 at order
How it is handled	Tennessee: online or by mail	Filed online with Utah
Office	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.tn.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $20, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Tennessee registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Tennessee companies register with Utah

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

Will your Tennessee name work for Utah?

If another Utah company uses the Tennessee name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Utah's records for Tennessee's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Utah agent and the Tennessee one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Tennessee

Each year your corporation files Tennessee's Annual Report ($20) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Tennessee plus Utah comes to $187 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Tennessee to Utah

An LLC formed in Tennessee files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($20)). After that come Tennessee's Annual Report ($300) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Tennessee

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Tennessee files Form SS-4431 with $600 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12). See that filing.

Questions Tennessee owners ask about Utah

Does my Tennessee company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

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

What are the yearly costs for Tennessee and Utah?

$187 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $20 to Tennessee and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Tennessee name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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