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Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

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

Massachusetts and Utah side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Massachusetts 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	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed online with Utah
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $520, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	On or before the anniversary date of filing of the certificate of organization	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Massachusetts to Utah, step by step

Order the Massachusetts certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Massachusetts separately; it is not part of our Utah order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($25). Utah accepts it within 90 days of Massachusetts's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Massachusetts name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Massachusetts's certificate is in hand, Utah's filing goes in. After approval, your Massachusetts LLC is registered with Utah.

First-year cost, Massachusetts to Utah

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

Will your Massachusetts name work for Utah?

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

Agents: Utah and Massachusetts

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Massachusetts

Each year your LLC files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Utah comes to $687 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Utah

A corporation formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Utah into Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Massachusetts files Massachusetts's registration (no form number) with $520 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Massachusetts to Utah

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Utah?

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

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

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

Do I need Massachusetts's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Utah?

$687 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $520 to Massachusetts and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Massachusetts name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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