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South Carolina LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

Utah registers an LLC from South Carolina as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants South Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your South Carolina records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

South Carolina and Utah side by side

	South Carolina formed here	Utah registering here
Document	South Carolina Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$59 at order
How it is handled	South Carolina: online	Filed online with Utah
Office	South Carolina Secretary of State	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	businessfilings.sc.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 South Carolina agent for service of process	Our Utah registered agent

How South Carolina companies register with Utah

Order the South Carolina certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from South Carolina separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah accepts it within 90 days of South Carolina's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Utah registered agent, with your South Carolina name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once South Carolina's certificate is in hand, Utah's filing goes in. Once Utah approves it, the South Carolina company can do business there.

Utah costs for South Carolina companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Existence, paid to South Carolina	$10
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, South Carolina certificate included	$268

Your South Carolina name and Utah's rules

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

Agents: Utah and South Carolina

Utah calls it a registered agent; South Carolina says agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for South Carolina; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Utah and South Carolina

South Carolina 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, South Carolina to Utah

A corporation formed in South Carolina files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come South Carolina's Annual Report (Schedule D of Form SC1120 / SC1120S) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Utah into South Carolina

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with South Carolina files Form F0008 with $110 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions South Carolina owners ask about Utah

Does my South Carolina company need to register in Utah?

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

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

$258 at checkout plus $10 to South Carolina for the Certificate of Existence, $268 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need South Carolina's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants South Carolina's Certificate of Existence ($10), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for South Carolina and Utah?

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

Does Utah require a registered agent?

Yes: the South Carolina agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Utah for year one.

Will Utah accept my South Carolina name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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