Utah

Foreign registration · no form number

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

An LLC formed in Virginia that wants to do business in Utah files an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also asks for Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Virginia records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Virginia vs Utah: the paperwork

	Virginia formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$6	$59 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Utah
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

From Virginia to Utah, step by step

Order the Virginia certificate
The Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6) is ordered from Virginia separately; it is not part of our Utah order. An instant Virginia certificate reaches Utah only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Utah registered agent, with your Virginia name and formation date and the certificate attached. Virginia issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. Once Utah approves it, the Virginia company can do business there.

First-year cost, Virginia to Utah

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$59
Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, paid to Virginia	$6
Our service, with a year of Utah registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Virginia certificate included	$264

Will your Virginia name work for Utah?

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

Agents: Utah and Virginia

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

Staying in good standing in Virginia and Utah

Each year your LLC files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Utah comes to $217 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Utah

A corporation formed in Virginia files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Virginia

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within one year. See that filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about Utah

Does my Virginia company need to register in Utah?

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

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

$258 at checkout plus $6 to Virginia for the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, $264 in all (checkout is $59 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Utah wants Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Utah?

$217 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Virginia name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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