Utah Foreign Registration / Registered agent
Choosing your Utah registered agent
A registered foreign entity must keep a registered agent in Utah, and a change of agent made outside the renewal costs $17. Our firm can be that agent, or you can name another.
What the Code requires
Under 16-1a-402 every registered foreign entity designates and maintains a registered agent in Utah. The agent's address is a street address in Utah, plus a Utah mailing address if different.
Who may serve
The Division's renewal instructions list a commercial registered agent registered with the Division, a Utah business entity registered with the Division, an individual, or an unregistered entity. A commercial agent is listed with the Division by a statement giving its name and the physical address where it receives service.
What the statement names
The entity gives the name of a commercial registered agent, or the name and address of a non-commercial agent, or the title of an office inside the entity whose holder accepts service, with a mailing address. Naming the agent affirms that the agent consents.
Agent events and their costs
| Event | Filing | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| The entity changes agents, outside the renewal | Statement of change | $17 |
| The entity changes agents with the annual report | Annual report | No extra fee |
| The agent resigns | Statement of resignation | Filed by the agent |
The entity or the agent files the matching statement.
Changing the agent
The entity delivers a statement of change naming the new agent and the information it amends. The change needs no approval from owners or governors. A statement naming a new agent affirms that the new agent consents.
When the agent resigns
The agent files a statement of resignation, which takes effect on the earlier of the 31st day after filing or the day the entity names a new agent. A resigning agent promptly tells the entity the filing date, and the entity's standing with the Division does not matter to the right to resign.
The 30-day limit
The Division may begin terminating a registration if a statement of change is not filed within 30 days of the agent adopting a new name or a new address. If the agent is a non-commercial agent who moves, the agent files the statement for each entity served.
Missing agents
Going without an agent is itself a ground for termination, and the Division warns that failure to maintain an agent ends the entity's standing in one form or another, depending on type.
What an agent does
The agent forwards process, notices and demands to the entity at the address it last supplied and keeps its own filed information current. Papers are served on the entity by serving the agent.
What an agent does not do
Naming an agent in Utah does not by itself create personal jurisdiction over the entity, and the agent's address does not fix venue.
The Division's daily list
The Division publishes a daily list of filings that name each registered agent, kept available for at least 14 days, so a new appointment becomes visible quickly.
Individual or provider
A company can name a person or a business. A company with no one in Utah can choose a commercial agent, and one with a Utah office can name its own staff member.
Choosing between commercial and non-commercial
A commercial agent is a business listed with the Division as serving many entities; a non-commercial agent is anyone else, such as an employee or a lawyer. A non-commercial agent must be reachable at the street address stated in the filing.
How we handle it
If you choose us, our Utah address goes on the statement and we prepare later changes. If you choose another agent, we enter that agent exactly as given.
Agent questions
Is a PO box acceptable?
No. A Utah street address is required, and a PO box can appear only as a mailing address.
What if the agent resigns?
The resignation is effective on day 31 or when a new agent is named, whichever comes first.
Can a business serve as agent?
Yes, a business entity can.
What is the price of switching agents?
$17 on its own, or nothing extra with the annual report.
Can the company be its own agent?
Only with a Utah street address and the same duties as any agent.
What you pay
Register in Utah
+ $59 Utah fee
The Utah fee for an LLC is $59; checkout lists it on its own line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
$199
Utah Foreign Registration
- Foreign registration statement (foreign limited liability company), written from your answers
- Your home certificate, ordered to be fresh enough on filing day
- A Utah agent for service: our firm, or someone you pick
- The filing acknowledgment from the Division, returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Sources
- Utah foreign registration statement, foreign limited liability company (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, fee schedule
- Utah annual report and renewal form with instructions (Division of Corporations)
- Utah Code 16-1a-501 to 16-1a-510, foreign entities
- Utah application for authority to conduct affairs for a foreign corporation (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code
- Utah foreign registration statement, limited partnership (Division of Corporations form)
- Utah Code 16-1a-401 to 16-1a-414, registered agent of an entity
- Utah Division of Corporations, how to file a renewal with changes
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