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Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Illinois that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Illinois records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Illinois and Utah side by side

	Illinois formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Illinois 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	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with Utah
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	ilsos.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Illinois companies register with Utah

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Ordered from Illinois on filing day, it easily meets Utah's limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Illinois name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Illinois issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. Once Utah approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

First-year cost, Illinois to Utah

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

Will your Illinois name work for Utah?

If Utah's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Illinois company. We check your exact Illinois name against Utah's records before filing.

Agents: Utah and Illinois

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

Staying in good standing in Illinois and Utah

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Utah comes to $242 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Utah

A corporation formed in Illinois files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Utah

Does my Illinois company need to register in Utah?

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

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

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

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Utah?

$242 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Illinois name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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