Utah

Texas

Foreign registration · Form 301

Utah Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in Utah registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State using your Utah records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Utah and Texas each ask for

	Utah formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$12	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	May 15 each year
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$50 late fee
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: typically 2 to 3 business days
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

From Utah to Texas, step by step

We prepare and file Form 301
It names us as your Texas registered agent, with your Utah name and formation date. If Texas wants the Utah certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the Utah company can do business there.

Will your Utah name work for Texas?

Texas accepts your Utah name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Utah company. We search Texas's records for Utah's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Texas agent and the Utah one

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

Yearly filings: Texas and Utah

Each year your corporation files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Utah plus Texas comes to $167 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Texas

An LLC formed in Utah files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering a Texas company in Utah

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

Questions Utah owners ask about Texas

Does my Utah company need to register in Texas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Texas registration cost?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Utah's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Utah's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Texas?

$167 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $18 to Utah and nothing to Texas for the yearly reports.

Does Texas require a registered agent?

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

Will Texas 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. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Utah companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Utah's filings.

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