Utah

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South Dakota LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, an LLC formed in South Dakota registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants South Dakota's Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your South Dakota records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What South Dakota and Utah each ask for

	South Dakota formed here	Utah registering here
Document	South Dakota Certificate of Good Standing/Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$20	$59 at order
How it is handled	South Dakota: online	Filed online with Utah
Office	South Dakota Secretary of State	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sosenterprise.sd.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $55, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	During the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your South Dakota registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From South Dakota to Utah, step by step

Order the South Dakota certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) is ordered from South Dakota separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah accepts it within 90 days of South Dakota'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 Dakota name and formation date and the certificate attached. The South Dakota certificate comes first; then the Utah filing goes in. Once Utah approves it, the South Dakota company can do business there.

First-year cost, South Dakota to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Good Standing/Existence, paid to South Dakota	$20
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, South Dakota certificate included	$278

Will your South Dakota name work for Utah?

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

Your Utah agent and the South Dakota one

South Dakota and Utah both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for South Dakota; ours takes Utah's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in South Dakota and Utah

Each year your LLC files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, South Dakota plus Utah comes to $222 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, South Dakota to Utah

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

Registering a Utah company in South Dakota

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with South Dakota files South Dakota's registration (no form number) with $750 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12). See that filing.

Common questions: South Dakota to Utah

Does my South Dakota company need to register in Utah?

Yes, once a South Dakota 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 $20 to South Dakota for the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence, $278 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

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

Yes: Utah wants it ($20), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for South Dakota and Utah?

$222 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $55 to South Dakota and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my South Dakota name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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