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Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, an LLC formed in Pennsylvania registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Pennsylvania vs Utah: the paperwork

	Pennsylvania formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$40	$59 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed online with Utah
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	September 30	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Utah registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Utah, step by step

Order the Pennsylvania certificate
The Subsistence Certificate ($40) is ordered from Pennsylvania separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah counts 90 days from the day Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Pennsylvania's certificate is in hand, Utah's filing goes in. After approval, your Pennsylvania LLC is registered with Utah.

Utah costs for Pennsylvania companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Subsistence Certificate, paid to Pennsylvania	$40
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Pennsylvania certificate included	$298

Will your Pennsylvania name work for Utah?

If another Utah company uses the Pennsylvania name, an alternate name is allowed. We check your exact Pennsylvania name against Utah's records before filing.

Your Utah agent and the Pennsylvania one

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

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Utah

Each year your LLC files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Utah comes to $174 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Utah

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Pennsylvania owners ask about Utah

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Utah?

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

How much does the Utah registration cost?

$258 at checkout plus $40 to Pennsylvania for the Subsistence Certificate, $298 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Utah?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my Pennsylvania name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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