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Minnesota LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, an LLC formed in Minnesota registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants Minnesota's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Minnesota records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Minnesota vs Utah: the paperwork

	Minnesota formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Minnesota Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$59 at order
How it is handled	Minnesota: online, issued as soon as it is paid for and kept in the online account for 90 days	Filed online with Utah
Office	Minnesota Secretary of State, Business Services	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.mn.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Renewal, no fee, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	December 31	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Minnesota registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Minnesota to Utah, step by step

Order the Minnesota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from Minnesota separately; it is not part of our Utah order. An instant Minnesota certificate reaches Utah only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Minnesota name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Minnesota issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. Once Utah approves it, the Minnesota company can do business there.

First-year cost, Minnesota to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Minnesota	$5
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Minnesota certificate included	$263

Your Minnesota name and Utah's rules

If another Utah company uses the Minnesota name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Utah's records for Minnesota's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Utah agent and the Minnesota one

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

Staying in good standing in Minnesota and Utah

Each year your LLC files Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Minnesota plus Utah comes to $167 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Minnesota to Utah

A corporation formed in Minnesota files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Minnesota's Annual Renewal (no fee) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Minnesota

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Minnesota files Minnesota's registration (no form number) with $205 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Minnesota owners ask about Utah

Does my Minnesota company need to register in Utah?

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

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

$258 at checkout plus $5 to Minnesota for the Certificate of Good Standing, $263 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Minnesota's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants it ($5), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Minnesota and Utah?

$167 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Minnesota and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Minnesota name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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