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Foreign registration · no form number

Colorado LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Colorado that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing (free), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Colorado records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Colorado vs Utah: the paperwork

	Colorado formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Colorado Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$59 at order
How it is handled	Colorado: online as an instant PDF	Filed online with Utah
Office	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.state.co.us	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Periodic Report, $25, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Colorado registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Colorado to Utah, step by step

Order the Colorado certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Colorado separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Ordered from Colorado 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 Colorado name and formation date and the certificate attached. Colorado issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. Once Utah approves it, the Colorado company can do business there.

First-year cost, Colorado to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Colorado	No fee
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Colorado certificate included	$258

Will your Colorado name work for Utah?

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

Your Utah agent and the Colorado one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Colorado

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

LLC or corporation, Colorado to Utah

A corporation formed in Colorado files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Colorado's Periodic Report ($25) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Colorado

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Colorado files Colorado's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Colorado to Utah

Does my Colorado company need to register in Utah?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

$258 at checkout, plus Colorado's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Colorado's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Colorado and Utah?

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

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Colorado name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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