Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

California LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers an LLC from California as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants California's Certificate of Status ($5), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your California records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What California and Utah each ask for

	California formed here	Utah registering here
Document	California Certificate of Status	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$59 at order
How it is handled	California: online as a PDF within minutes, or on paper by mail or drop-off in Sacramento	Filed online with Utah
Office	California Secretary of State, Business Entities	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Statement of Information (Form LLC-12), $20, every two years	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's registration-anniversary month, biennially	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$250 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your California agent for service of process	Our Utah registered agent

How California companies register with Utah

Order the California certificate
The Certificate of Status ($5) is ordered from California separately; it is not part of our Utah order. An instant California certificate reaches Utah only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your California name and formation date, with the certificate attached. California issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. After approval, your California LLC is registered with Utah.

First-year cost, California to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Status, paid to California	$5
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, California certificate included	$263

Your California name and Utah's rules

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

Your Utah agent and the California one

Utah calls it a registered agent; California says agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for California; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Utah and California

California wants the Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) every two years ($20); Utah wants the Annual Report/Renewal every year ($18). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, California to Utah

A corporation formed in California files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550) ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in California

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with California files Form LLC-5 with $70 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Common questions: California to Utah

Does my California company need to register in Utah?

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

How much does it cost to register a California LLC in Utah?

$258 at checkout plus $5 to California for the Certificate of Status, $263 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need California's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants California's Certificate of Status ($5), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for California and Utah?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), California's report ($20, every two years) and Utah's report ($18).

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the California agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my California name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

Yes, but California keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18), and the original keeps California's Statement of Information (Form LLC-12).

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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