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Foreign registration · no form number

Utah Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

New Jersey registers a corporation from Utah as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury from your Utah records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Utah and New Jersey side by side

	Utah formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$12	$100 at order
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

How Utah companies register with New Jersey

Order the Utah certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($12) is ordered from Utah separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($20). New Jersey wants the Utah certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your New Jersey registered agent, next to your Utah name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Utah delays the New Jersey filing. After approval, your Utah corporation is registered with New Jersey.

New Jersey costs for Utah companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Existence, paid to Utah	$12
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Utah certificate included	$311

Will your Utah name work for New Jersey?

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

Your New Jersey agent and the Utah one

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

Yearly filings: New Jersey and Utah

Each year your corporation files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Utah plus New Jersey comes to $242 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Utah to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Utah files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12)). After that come Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Jersey into Utah

A corporation formed in New Jersey 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 Jersey

Does my Utah company need to register in New Jersey?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the New Jersey registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $12 to Utah for the Certificate of Existence, $311 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Utah's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and New Jersey?

$242 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $18 to Utah and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge a Utah company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

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

Will New Jersey 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 New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal.

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