A company formed in another state must register with the Division before doing business in Utah (Utah Code § 16-1a-503). The fee is $59 for a foreign LLC or corporation, and the company then renews each year for $18 in its registration anniversary month. An unregistered company cannot maintain a lawsuit in Utah courts until it registers.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-506Utah Code Title 16 (recodified effective October 1, 2026) and the Division of Corporations fiscal year 2026 fee schedule reviewed November 12, 2026. Confirm current fees with the Utah Division of Corporations before filing.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Utah filings for owners. We are not the Utah Department of Commerce or its Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
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The forks in the road.
When
Before doing business in Utah.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503Fee
$59 for a foreign LLC or foreign corporation; foreign nonprofit also $59.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026What does not count
Holding meetings, keeping bank accounts and similar activities listed in § 16-1a-506 are not doing business.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-506Penalty
An unregistered foreign entity may not maintain an action in Utah until it registers.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503Ongoing
A Utah registered agent and an $18 annual renewal; withdrawal later is no charge on the fee schedule.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026What to have ready
- Confirm your activity is doing business, not an exempt activity
- Get a current good standing certificate from your home state
- Check the name is available in Utah
- Appoint a Utah registered agent
- File the application for authority with $59
- Calendar the $18 renewal
Registering an Out-of-State LLC or Corporation in Utah: $59 Application for Authority
Registering an Out-of-State LLC or Corporation in Utah: $59 Application for Authority
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Is it doing business?
Section 16-1a-506 lists activities that are not doing business: defending lawsuits, holding meetings, keeping bank accounts, selling through independent contractors, taking orders accepted outside Utah, collecting debts and similar activities. Opening an office, hiring Utah employees or performing work on Utah jobs usually crosses the line.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503
What you need from home
Order a current certificate of good standing from the state of formation. Confirm the name is available in Utah or choose an assumed name for use here, and appoint a Utah registered agent.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026
Costs once registered
$59 to register, then $18 each year in the registration anniversary month. Utah's low renewal makes foreign registration inexpensive to maintain compared with neighboring states.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-506
Leaving Utah
When the company stops doing business in Utah, file a withdrawal. The fee schedule lists foreign withdrawal at no charge, and filing it stops future renewals.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503
Utah law and Division of Corporations rules behind this.
| Topic | Utah rule | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| When | Before doing business in Utah. | Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503 |
| Fee | $59 for a foreign LLC or foreign corporation; foreign nonprofit also $59. | Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026 |
| What does not count | Holding meetings, keeping bank accounts and similar activities listed in § 16-1a-506 are not doing business. | Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-506 |
| Penalty | An unregistered foreign entity may not maintain an action in Utah until it registers. | Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-503 |
| Ongoing | A Utah registered agent and an $18 annual renewal; withdrawal later is no charge on the fee schedule. | Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026 |
Related Utah reading.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Utah filings for owners. We are not the Utah Department of Commerce or its Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
What Utah owners ask us
If the business operates only in Utah, a Utah LLC avoids paying two states each year.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026You can register under an assumed name for use in Utah.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-212The fee schedule lists foreign withdrawal at no charge.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026Yes. Corp USA prepares and submits your Utah filing with the Division of Corporations for you. The state fee is passed through at cost and our service fee is shown separately at checkout, so you never have to work through the state's filing system yourself.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026