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Foreign registration · Form LLC 4

Utah LLC Foreign Registration in Missouri

Missouri registers an LLC from Utah as a foreign LLC on Form LLC 4, with $105 in state fees. Missouri also wants Utah's Certificate of Existence ($12), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations Division from your Utah records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Utah and Missouri each ask for

	Utah formed here	Missouri registering here
Document	Utah Certificate of Existence	Form LLC 4, Application for Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$12	$105 at order
How it is handled	Utah: online, emailed automatically on payment	Filed with Missouri
Office	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Official page	commerce.utah.gov	sos.mo.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year	No annual report
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Utah registered agent	Our Missouri registered agent

How Utah companies register with Missouri

Order the Utah certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($12) is ordered from Utah separately; it is not part of our Missouri order. It comes as a short form ($12) or a long form ($20). Ordered from Utah on filing day, it easily meets Missouri's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form LLC 4
It lists us as your Missouri registered 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 Missouri filing. After approval, your Utah LLC is registered with Missouri.

First-year cost, Utah to Missouri

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$105
Certificate of Existence, paid to Utah	$12
Our service, with a year of Missouri registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Utah certificate included	$316

Will your Utah name work for Missouri?

We search Missouri's records for Utah's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Missouri agent and the Utah one

Utah and Missouri both call it a registered agent. Missouri papers come to us; Utah's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Utah and Missouri

Utah wants the Annual Report/Renewal every year ($18); Missouri has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Utah to Missouri

A corporation formed in Utah files Form Corp 42 with Missouri ($155 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12)). After that come Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18) and Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Missouri company in Utah

An LLC formed in Missouri that registers with Utah files Utah's registration (no form number) with $59 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Utah to Missouri

Does my Utah company need to register in Missouri?

Yes, once a Utah business operates there; Missouri law lists 7 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Missouri registration cost?

$304 at checkout plus $12 to Utah for the Certificate of Existence, $316 in all (checkout is $105 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Utah's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Utah and Missouri?

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

What if I don't register with Missouri?

A Utah company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Missouri can add a fine of at least $1,000.

Does Missouri require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Missouri LLC instead?

Yes, but Utah keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Missouri yearly report, and the original keeps Utah's Annual Report/Renewal.

How do I withdraw from Missouri later?

Utah companies leave by filing a Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, both the Missouri registration and Utah's filings stay in place.

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