Arkansas

Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

Arkansas LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, an LLC formed in Arkansas registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Arkansas's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Arkansas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Arkansas vs Utah: the paperwork

	Arkansas formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Arkansas Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$59 at order
How it is handled	Arkansas: online, ready to print right after purchase	Filed online with Utah
Office	Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.arkansas.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report, $150, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	May 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Arkansas registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Arkansas companies register with Utah

Order the Arkansas certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Arkansas separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Ordered from Arkansas on filing day, it easily meets Utah's limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Utah registered agent, with your Arkansas name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Arkansas delays the Utah filing. Once Utah approves it, the Arkansas company can do business there.

First-year cost, Arkansas to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Arkansas	$25
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Arkansas certificate included	$283

Your Arkansas name and Utah's rules

If another Utah company uses the Arkansas name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Arkansas name against Utah's records before filing.

Agents: Utah and Arkansas

Arkansas and Utah both call it a registered agent. Utah papers come to us; Arkansas's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Utah and Arkansas

Each year your LLC files Arkansas's Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report ($150) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Arkansas plus Utah comes to $317 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Arkansas to Utah

A corporation formed in Arkansas files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Arkansas's Annual Corporation Franchise Tax Report ($150) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Arkansas

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Arkansas files Form FL-01 with $270 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Arkansas to Utah

Does my Arkansas company need to register in Utah?

Yes, once an Arkansas business operates there; Utah law lists 14 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register an Arkansas LLC in Utah?

$258 at checkout plus $25 to Arkansas for the Certificate of Good Standing, $283 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Arkansas's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants it ($25), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Arkansas and Utah?

$317 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Arkansas and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Arkansas name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

Arkansas companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, Utah's report stays due alongside Arkansas's filings.

Official sources

People also search

LLC into Utah, by home state (48)

Arkansas into other states (47)

The same move for a corporation