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Ohio LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

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

What Ohio and Utah each ask for

	Ohio formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Ohio 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	Ohio: online or by mail	Filed online with Utah
Office	Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	cogs.ohiosos.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	No annual report	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Ohio statutory agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Ohio companies register with Utah

Order the Ohio certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from Ohio separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah counts 90 days from the day Ohio issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Ohio name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Ohio certificate comes first; then the Utah filing goes in. Once Utah approves it, the Ohio company can do business there.

Utah costs for Ohio companies

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

Will your Ohio name work for Utah?

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

Your Utah agent and the Ohio one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Ohio

Ohio has no annual report for LLCs; Utah wants the Annual Report/Renewal every year ($18). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Ohio to Utah

A corporation formed in Ohio files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Ohio

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Ohio files Form 617 with $99 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Ohio owners ask about Utah

Does my Ohio company need to register in Utah?

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

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

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

Do I need Ohio's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Ohio and Utah?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Ohio yearly report and Utah's report ($18).

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Ohio statutory agent stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Ohio name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

Yes, but Ohio keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18), and Ohio has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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