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Utah Corporation Foreign Registration in Maryland

To do business in Maryland, a corporation formed in Utah registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Maryland may ask for Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12). We file it with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division from your Utah records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Utah and Maryland each ask for

	Utah formed here	Maryland registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Foreign Corporation Qualification (no form number)
State fee	$12	$104.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed on Maryland's paper form
Required expedite		$50 at order (7 business days)
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	egov.maryland.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year	Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return, $300, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	April 15
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: 7 business days
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Maryland resident agent

How Utah companies register with Maryland

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

Will your Utah name work for Maryland?

Maryland can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Maryland agent and the Utah one

Maryland calls it a resident agent; Utah says registered agent. Maryland papers come to us; Utah's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Utah and Maryland

Each year your corporation files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and Maryland's Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return ($300). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Utah plus Maryland comes to $467 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Maryland

An LLC formed in Utah files its own registration with Maryland ($104.50 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12)). After that come Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Maryland into Utah

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

Common questions: Utah to Maryland

Does my Utah company need to register in Maryland?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Maryland calls it qualification for Utah corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Maryland registration cost?

$353.50 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Maryland may also want Utah's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

How long does the Maryland registration take?

7 business days with Maryland's required expedite, plus time for Utah's certificate if Maryland asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Maryland?

$467 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $18 to Utah and $300 to Maryland for the yearly reports.

Does Maryland require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Maryland corporation instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Maryland's periodic report ($300), and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Maryland later?

Utah companies leave by filing an Application for Termination for a Foreign Corporation; until then, Maryland's report stays due alongside Utah's filings.

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