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Foreign registration · no form number

Utah Corporation Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers a corporation from Utah as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama may ask for Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division from your Utah records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Utah and Alabama side by side

	Utah formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Foreign Corporation Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$12	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

From Utah to Alabama, step by step

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

Will your Utah name work for Alabama?

If Alabama's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Utah company. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Alabama agent and the Utah one

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

Staying in good standing in Utah and Alabama

Utah wants the Annual Report / Annual Renewal every year ($18); Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Alabama

An LLC formed in Utah files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Utah

A corporation formed in Alabama that registers with Utah files Utah's registration (no form number) with $59 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Utah owners ask about Alabama

Does my Utah company need to register in Alabama?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$383 at checkout; Alabama may also want Utah's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Utah's report ($18) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

Yes: the Utah registered agent stays, and ours covers Alabama for year one, with a street address there.

Will Alabama accept my Utah name?

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

Can I form a new Alabama corporation instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

Utah companies leave by filing a Foreign Corporation Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Alabama's report stays due alongside Utah's filings.

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