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Utah Foreign LLC Registration

The fee, the form, what triggers registration in Utah, and how to file.

State filing fee $59 one-time
Registered agent $125/year based on Northwest RA
Estimated total $488
Utah data last reviewed Oct 9, 2026 · commerce.utah.gov Totals include the $59 filing fee once, Northwest RA at $125/year, and Utah recurring state costs over the selected period.

Foreign Qualification

Filing fee
$59
Form
Foreign Registration Statement
Annual obligation
$18/year
Processing time
Utah splits this by outcome rather than by channel: most filings are instantly processed and approved, and for all others the Division asks filers to allow 2 to 4 business days from receipt.
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Expedited processing is $75 per filing, and Utah publishes neither a turnaround for it nor a channel restriction on it

Expedite
$75 per filing, which is Utah's only tier.
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Utah charges the same $75 to expedite a document order, so the figure appears on two different pages for two different products. No channel restriction is published for the filing expedite. The fee schedule runs on the state fiscal year and is reissued each July

Estimated year 1 cost
$77
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Need to register your LLC in Utah?

Northwest files the foreign registration and serves as your registered agent in Utah, which the filing requires. Only need an agent? Northwest's registered agent service alone is $125/year.

Have Northwest register your LLC in Utah ↗
$225 + the state fee · One year of registered agent included
Other registered agent options 2 alternatives
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra
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Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $159/year · Full-service compliance option
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What triggers foreign qualification in Utah?

  • Physical office or place of business
  • Employees working in the state

Important to know

  • To withdraw a foreign LLC you file a Withdrawal of Registration with the Division of Corporations; no tax clearance is required for an LLC, that step applies to corporations. An expired or administratively revoked registration cannot be withdrawn until it is reinstated. The LLC act is renumbered on 1 October 2026, so check the current section before citing one.
What does NOT require registration in Utah 15 activities

Utah carves 15 activities out by statute. On their own, none of them requires a foreign LLC to register.

  • Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding
  • Carrying on internal affairs, including holding meetings of owners or managers
  • Maintaining an account at a financial institution
  • Maintaining an office or agency for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the company's own securities
  • Maintaining a trustee or depository for the company's securities
  • Selling through an independent contractor
  • Soliciting or taking orders that must be accepted outside the state
  • Creating or acquiring debts, mortgages, or security interests in property
  • Securing or collecting a debt
  • Enforcing a mortgage or security interest in property
  • Holding property acquired by enforcing a mortgage or security interest
  • An isolated transaction outside the company's ordinary course of business
  • Owning real property
  • Doing business in interstate commerce
  • A person does not do business in Utah solely by being an owner or manager of a foreign company that does business here

Under Utah Code Section 16-1a-506, in force from 1 October 2026, which replaced the old LLC-only list. No time limit on the isolated-transaction carve-out, but the transaction must fall outside the company's ordinary course of business.

Forming a new LLC in Utah instead? $59 to form
Formation fee
$59
Annual cost
$18/year
State income tax
Flat 4.45% income tax (2026 tax year)
Privacy
Moderate
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This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify with the Utah Division of Corporations before filing.