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Foreign registration · no form number

Tennessee LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Tennessee that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Tennessee's Certificate of Existence ($20), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Tennessee records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Tennessee and Utah each ask for

	Tennessee formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Tennessee Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$20	$59 at order
How it is handled	Tennessee: online or by mail	Filed online with Utah
Office	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.tn.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $300, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due		Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Tennessee registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Tennessee companies register with Utah

Order the Tennessee certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($20) is ordered from Tennessee separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Utah counts 90 days from the day Tennessee issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Utah registered agent, with your Tennessee name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Tennessee certificate comes first; then the Utah filing goes in. After approval, your Tennessee LLC is registered with Utah.

First-year cost, Tennessee to Utah

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

Will your Tennessee name work for Utah?

If Utah's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Tennessee company. We search Utah's records for Tennessee's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Utah agent and the Tennessee one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Tennessee

Each year your LLC files Tennessee's Annual Report ($300) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Tennessee plus Utah comes to $467 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Tennessee to Utah

A corporation formed in Tennessee files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Tennessee's Annual Report ($20) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Utah into Tennessee

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Tennessee files Form SS-4233 with $300 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Tennessee to Utah

Does my Tennessee company need to register in Utah?

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

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

$258 at checkout plus $20 to Tennessee for the Certificate of Existence, $278 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Tennessee's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants Tennessee's Certificate of Existence ($20), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Tennessee and Utah?

$467 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $300 to Tennessee and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Tennessee name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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