Virginia Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers a corporation from Virginia as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing ($6). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Virginia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Virginia and Utah each ask for

	Virginia formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$6	$59 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Utah
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Virginia to Utah, step by step

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

Your Virginia name and Utah's rules

If Utah's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Virginia company. We search Utah's records for Virginia's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Utah agent and the Virginia one

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

Staying in good standing in Virginia and Utah

Each year your corporation files Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Utah comes to $217 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Utah

An LLC formed in Virginia files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6)). After that come Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about Utah

Does my Virginia company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$258 at checkout; Utah may also want Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Utah?

$217 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Virginia name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18), and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

Virginia companies leave by filing an Application for Withdrawal of a Foreign Profit or Non-Profit Corporation; until then, Utah's report stays due alongside Virginia's filings.

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