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Foreign registration · no form number

Wisconsin Corporation Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, a corporation formed in Wisconsin registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah may ask for Wisconsin's Certificate of Status ($10). We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Wisconsin records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Wisconsin and Utah each ask for

	Wisconsin formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Profit Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$59 at order
How it is handled	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed online with Utah
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Yearly filing	Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report / Annual Renewal, $18, every year
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of the articles' effective date	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Wisconsin companies register with Utah

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

Will your Wisconsin name work for Utah?

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

Agents: Utah and Wisconsin

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

Staying in good standing in Wisconsin and Utah

Each year your corporation files Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wisconsin plus Utah comes to $192 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Utah

An LLC formed in Wisconsin files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Status ($10)). After that come Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Utah into Wisconsin

A corporation formed in Utah that registers with Wisconsin files Form 21 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Wisconsin to Utah

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Utah?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$258 at checkout; Utah may also want Wisconsin's Certificate of Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Utah?

$192 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Wisconsin and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Wisconsin name?

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

Can I form a new Utah corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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