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Rhode Island LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers an LLC from Rhode Island as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Rhode Island's Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Rhode Island records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Rhode Island and Utah side by side

	Rhode Island formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Rhode Island Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$22	$59 at order
How it is handled	Rhode Island: online in about two business days, the same day in person, or in 5 to 7 business days by mail	Filed online with Utah
Office	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.ri.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	May 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Rhode Island resident agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Rhode Island companies register with Utah

Order the Rhode Island certificate
The Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22) is ordered from Rhode Island separately; it is not part of our Utah order. It comes as a short form ($22) or a long form ($30). Rhode Island takes days to issue it and Utah wants it within 90 days, so the order is timed for both.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Rhode Island name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Rhode Island certificate takes days to arrive, so the Utah filing waits for it. Once Utah approves it, the Rhode Island company can do business there.

Utah costs for Rhode Island companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Rhode Island	$22
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Rhode Island certificate included	$280

Your Rhode Island name and Utah's rules

If Utah's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Rhode Island company. We check your exact Rhode Island name against Utah's records before filing.

Your Utah agent and the Rhode Island one

Utah calls it a registered agent; Rhode Island says resident agent. Utah papers come to us; Rhode Island's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Rhode Island and Utah

Each year your LLC files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Rhode Island plus Utah comes to $217 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Rhode Island to Utah

A corporation formed in Rhode Island files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Utah into Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Rhode Island files Form 450 with $156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Rhode Island to Utah

Does my Rhode Island company need to register in Utah?

Yes, once a Rhode Island 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 $22 to Rhode Island for the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing, $280 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Rhode Island's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants it ($22), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Rhode Island and Utah?

$217 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Rhode Island and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Rhode Island name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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