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Texas LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Texas that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from your Texas records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Texas vs Utah: the paperwork

	Texas formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$59 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed online with Utah
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report, fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	May 15 each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Texas companies register with Utah

Order the Texas certificate
The Certificate of Fact - Status ($15) is ordered from Texas separately; it is not part of our Utah order. An instant Texas certificate reaches Utah only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Texas name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Texas issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. Once Utah approves it, the Texas company can do business there.

First-year cost, Texas to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Fact - Status, paid to Texas	$15
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Texas certificate included	$273

Will your Texas name work for Utah?

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

Your Utah agent and the Texas one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Texas

Texas wants the Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report every year; Utah wants the Annual Report/Renewal every year ($18). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Utah

A corporation formed in Texas files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Utah into Texas

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Texas files Form 304 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite; no Utah certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Texas owners ask about Utah

Does my Texas company need to register in Utah?

Yes, once a Texas 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 $15 to Texas for the Certificate of Fact - Status, $273 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Texas's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Utah?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Texas's report (fee set by the state) and Utah's report ($18).

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Texas name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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