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Doing business in Utah from another state

If your LLC does business in Utah as Utah defines it, you register with the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code for $59.

Step 1: put these questions to Utah’s law

  1. An employee or contractor works from the state. Ask whether the statute counts work done by people located in the state, and whether employees and independent contractors are treated alike.
  2. You sell to customers there but have no one on the ground. Ask whether the statute treats sales from outside the state differently from activity inside it.
  3. The LLC owns or leases property there. Ask whether owning or leasing real estate is listed as an activity that does, or does not, count.
  4. You open an office, shop or warehouse. Ask whether a fixed place of business is named in the statute. Settle the answer before you sign a lease.
  5. You hold meetings or keep a bank account there. Ask whether the statute lists these ancillary activities, and whether they count by themselves.

The law, as listed in the state’s own sources: Utah Code Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 5 (foreign entities); Utah Code Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 4 (registered agents).

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Foreign registration statement (foreign limited liability company)
Fee
$59
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence, no older than 90 days
Agent
A registered agent in Utah

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Utah (2026)

Step 3: if you would rather not file it yourself.

#ServiceService feeUtah feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$59Year one included, then $149/yr
2UT Registered Agent.org$199$59Year one included, then $99/yr
3Utah Registered Agent.co$199$59Year one included, then $99/yr

Service prices read from each provider’s Utah page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code.

Utah questions

When does an LLC from another state have to register in Utah?

When its activity in Utah meets Utah’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it in the law linked below.

What does registering in Utah cost?

$59 to the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code.

What is required after registering?

Annual report (renewal) with the Division, $18 (due: last day of your anniversary month), and a registered agent in Utah.

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