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Washington LLC Foreign Registration in Utah

To do business in Utah, an LLC formed in Washington registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $59 in state fees. Utah also wants Washington's Certificate of Existence ($20), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code using your Washington records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Washington and Utah side by side

	Washington formed here	Utah registering here
Document	Washington Certificate of Existence	Register a Foreign Business (Foreign Limited Liability Company) (no form number)
State fee	$20	$59 at order
How it is handled	Washington: online as an instant Express download, also emailed	Filed online with Utah
Office	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division	Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
Official page	ccfs.sos.wa.gov	commerce.utah.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $70, every year	Annual Report/Renewal, $18, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$10 late fee
Agent	Your Washington registered agent	Our Utah registered agent

How Washington companies register with Utah

Order the Washington certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($20) is ordered from Washington separately; it is not part of our Utah order. Ordered from Washington on filing day, it easily meets Utah's limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Utah registered agent, next to your Washington name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Washington issues the certificate instantly, so the Utah filing can go in the same day. After approval, your Washington LLC is registered with Utah.

First-year cost, Washington to Utah

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

Your Washington name and Utah's rules

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

Your Utah agent and the Washington one

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

Yearly filings: Utah and Washington

Each year your LLC files Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Utah's Annual Report/Renewal ($18). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Washington plus Utah comes to $237 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Washington to Utah

A corporation formed in Washington files its own registration with Utah ($59 in state fees, the same). After that come Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Utah's Annual Report / Annual Renewal ($18). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Utah company in Washington

An LLC formed in Utah that registers with Washington files Washington's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($12) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Washington owners ask about Utah

Does my Washington company need to register in Utah?

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

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

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

Do I need Washington's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Washington and Utah?

$237 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $70 to Washington and $18 to Utah for the yearly reports.

Does Utah require a registered agent?

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

Will Utah accept my Washington name?

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

Can I form a new Utah LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Utah later?

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

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