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Utah LLC Foreign Registration in Maryland

To do business in Maryland, an LLC formed in Utah registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $104.50 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Maryland also asks for Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12), no older than 60 days. We file it with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division using your Utah records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Utah and Maryland each ask for

	Utah formed here	Maryland registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Foreign Limited Liability Company Registration (no form number)
State fee	$12	$104.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed on Maryland's paper form
Required expedite		$50 at order (7 business days)
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), Charter Division
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	egov.maryland.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year	Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1), $300, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year	April 15
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Required expedite processing: 7 business days
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Maryland resident agent

How Utah companies register with Maryland

Order the Utah certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($12) is ordered from Utah separately; it is not part of our Maryland order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($20). Ordered from Utah on filing day, it easily meets Maryland's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Maryland resident agent, next to your Utah name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Utah delays the Maryland filing. Once Maryland approves it, the Utah company can do business there.

First-year cost, Utah to Maryland

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$104.50
Required expedite (7 business days), paid at order	$50
Certificate of Existence, paid to Utah	$12
Our service, with a year of Maryland resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Utah certificate included	$365.50

Will your Utah name work for Maryland?

Maryland can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Maryland agent and the Utah one

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

Yearly filings: Maryland and Utah

Each year your LLC files Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18) and Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Utah plus Maryland comes to $467 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Maryland

A corporation formed in Utah files its own registration with Maryland ($104.50 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same). After that come Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and Maryland's Form 1 — Business Entity Annual Report and Business Personal Property Return ($300). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Maryland company in Utah

An LLC formed in Maryland that registers with Utah files Utah's registration (no form number) with $59 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($20) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Utah owners ask about Maryland

Does my Utah company need to register in Maryland?

Yes, once a Utah business operates there; Maryland law lists 8 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$353.50 at checkout plus $12 to Utah for the Certificate of Existence, $365.50 in all (checkout is $104.50 in state fees, the $50 required expedite and our $199).

Do I need Utah's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Maryland wants Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12), no more than 60 days old at filing.

How long does the Maryland registration take?

7 business days with Maryland's required expedite; Utah's certificate is an instant download, so there is no wait before filing.

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Maryland?

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

What if I don't register with Maryland?

A Utah company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Maryland require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Maryland LLC instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Maryland's Business Entity Annual Report (Form 1) ($300), and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report/Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Maryland later?

Utah companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation of a Foreign LLC (no state fee); until then, Maryland's report stays due alongside Utah's filings.

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