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Kansas LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Kansas that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Kansas's Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Kansas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Kansas and Utah each ask for

	Kansas formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Kansas Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$7.50	$59 at order
How it is handled	Kansas: online as a PDF in your Kansas business account	Filed online with Utah
Office	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.ks.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Information Report, $90, every two years	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Kansas resident agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Kansas companies register with Utah

Order the Kansas certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50) is ordered from Kansas separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah accepts it within 90 days of Kansas's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Utah registered agent, with your Kansas name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Kansas certificate comes first; then the Utah filing goes in. Once Utah approves it, the Kansas company can do business there.

First-year cost, Kansas to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Kansas	$7.50
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Kansas certificate included	$265.50

Your Kansas name and Utah's rules

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

Agents: Utah and Kansas

Utah calls it a registered agent; Kansas says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Kansas; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Utah and Kansas

Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($90); Utah wants the Annual Report/Renewal every year ($18). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Kansas to Utah

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

The other way: Utah into Kansas

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Kansas files Form FA with $115 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Kansas owners ask about Utah

Does my Kansas company need to register in Utah?

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

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

$258 at checkout plus $7.50 to Kansas for the Certificate of Good Standing, $265.50 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Kansas's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants it ($7.50), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Kansas and Utah?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Kansas's report ($90, every two years) and Utah's report ($18).

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Kansas resident agent stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Kansas name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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