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Kentucky LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Kentucky that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Kentucky's Certificate of Existence ($10), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Kentucky records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Kentucky and Utah each ask for

	Kentucky formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Kentucky Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$59 at order
How it is handled	Kentucky: online as a printable certificate, or by mail or fax	Filed online with Utah
Office	Kentucky Secretary of State, Division of Business Filings	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	web.sos.ky.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	On or before June 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Kentucky registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Kentucky companies register with Utah

Order the Kentucky certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Kentucky separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah accepts it within 90 days of Kentucky'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 Kentucky name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Kentucky certificate comes first; then the Utah filing goes in. After approval, your Kentucky LLC is registered with Utah.

First-year cost, Kentucky to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Existence, paid to Kentucky	$10
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Kentucky certificate included	$268

Will your Kentucky name work for Utah?

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

Agents: Utah and Kentucky

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

Staying in good standing in Kentucky and Utah

Each year your LLC files Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Kentucky plus Utah comes to $182 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Kentucky to Utah

A corporation formed in Kentucky files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Kentucky's Annual Report ($15) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Kentucky

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Kentucky files Form FBE with $90 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Kentucky owners ask about Utah

Does my Kentucky company need to register in Utah?

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

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

$258 at checkout plus $10 to Kentucky for the Certificate of Existence, $268 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Kentucky's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants Kentucky's Certificate of Existence ($10), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Kentucky and Utah?

$182 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $15 to Kentucky and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Kentucky name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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