Utah

Foreign registration · Form 40

Utah Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

To do business in New Hampshire, a corporation formed in Utah registers there on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division from your Utah records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Utah and New Hampshire side by side

	Utah formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$12	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	April 1
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

From Utah to New Hampshire, step by step

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Utah name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Utah certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Utah corporation is registered with New Hampshire.

Your Utah name and New Hampshire's rules

We check your exact Utah name against New Hampshire's records before filing.

Agents: New Hampshire and Utah

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

Staying in good standing in Utah and New Hampshire

Each year your corporation files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Utah plus New Hampshire comes to $267 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Utah to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Utah files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

Registering a New Hampshire company in Utah

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

Questions Utah owners ask about New Hampshire

Does my Utah company need to register in New Hampshire?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Hampshire issues one to Utah corporations once the form is approved.

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

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Utah's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and New Hampshire?

$267 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $18 to Utah and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Utah company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Utah companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Utah's filings.

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