UT registered agent
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Utah requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Utah law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Utah requires of a registered agent
The requirement
Utah's Model Registered Agents Act (ch. 16-17) governs all entity types. The agent may be a listed commercial registered agent or a noncommercial registered agent - defined as an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state (or the holder of a designated office/position with the entity). Every registered-agent filing must state an actual street address in Utah (Utah Code 16-17-202). No express residency or authorized-to-transact-business restriction appears in the chapter beyond the in-state street address requirement. Corporations and LLCs designate per this chapter (Utah Code 16-10a; 48-3a-111).
"Noncommercial registered agent" means a person that is not listed as a commercial registered agent under Section 16-17-204 and that is: (a) an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state as the agent for service of process of an entity; or (b) the individual who holds the office or other position in an entity that is designated as the agent for service of process pursuant to Subsection 16-17-203(1)(b)(ii).
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 16-17-102(14); see also 16-17-202, 16-17-203(1), 48-3a-111(1)
How we comply
We don't.
What Utah does to your company when we don't
Here is what the state does to an entity that has no agent, or whose agent is us.
Administrative dissolution
A corporation without a registered agent for 30 days or more, or that fails to notify the Division within 30 days of an agent change or resignation, is subject to administrative dissolution (60-day cure window after notice).
The division may commence a proceeding under Section 16-10a-1421 for administrative dissolution of a corporation if: ... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent in this state for 30 days or more; (4) the corporation does not give notice to the division within 30 days that its registered agent has been changed or that its registered agent has resigned
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1420(3)-(4); procedure at 16-10a-1421
Administrative dissolution
An LLC that lacks a registered agent for 60 consecutive days may be administratively dissolved (60-day cure window after notice).
The division may commence a proceeding under Subsections (2) and (3) to dissolve a limited liability company administratively if the limited liability company does not: ... (c) have a registered agent in this state for 60 consecutive days.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-708(1)(c)
Revocation (foreign entities)
A foreign corporation without a registered agent for 30 days or more, or that fails to report an agent change or resignation within 30 days, may have its authority to transact business revoked.
The division may commence a proceeding under Section 16-10a-1531 to revoke the authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state if: ... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this state for 30 days or more; (4) the foreign corporation does not inform the division by an appropriate filing within 30 days of the change or resignation that its registered agent has changed or that its registered agent has resigned
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1530(3)-(4); procedure at 16-10a-1531
Revocation (foreign entities)
A registered foreign LLC's registration may be terminated for not having a registered agent or for failing to file a statement of change within 30 days of an agent name/address change (60-day effective-date/cure window).
The division may terminate the registration of a registered foreign limited liability company in the manner provided in Subsections (2) and (3) if the foreign limited liability company does not: ... (c) have a registered agent as required by Section 48-3a-111; or (d) deliver to the division for filing a statement of a change under Section 16-17-206 not later than 30 days after a change has occurred in the name or address of the registered agent.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-910(1)(c)-(d)
No access to the courts
A foreign corporation (or foreign LLC) transacting business without authority may not maintain a proceeding in any Utah court until it files for authority/registers.
A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without authority, or anyone in its behalf, may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until an application for authority to transact business is filed with the division.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1502(1); 48-3a-902(2)
Civil penalty
A foreign corporation transacting business without authority owes $100 per day (capped at $5,000 per year); each officer or agent who authorizes or transacts such business is subject to a penalty up to $1,000; a court shall also enjoin further business.
A foreign corporation that transacts business in this state without authority is subject to a civil penalty, payable to this state, of $100 for each day in which it transacts business in this state without authority. However, the penalty may not exceed a total of $5,000 for each year. Each officer of a foreign corporation who authorizes, directs, or participates in the transaction of business in this state without authority and each agent ... is subject to a civil penalty, payable to this state, not exceeding $1,000.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1502(4)-(5)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
Reinstatement after administrative dissolution requires paying all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties due at dissolution plus those that would have accrued during dissolution (no dollar amount stated in statute; corporate reinstatement also requires the new registered agent's written consent).
To be reinstated, a limited liability company must pay all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that were due to the division at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that would have been due to the division while the limited liability company was administratively dissolved.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-709(4); 16-10a-1422(1)(a)(vi)-(vii), (1)(b)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
If an entity no longer has a registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, service may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to the entity's governors at its principal office; failing that, by handing a copy to the manager, clerk, or other person in charge of any regular place of business. Utah's MRAA has no service-on-the-Secretary-of-State fallback.
If an entity that previously filed a registered agent filing with the division no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the governors of the entity by name at its principal office in accordance with any applicable judicial rules and procedures.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Utah Code 16-17-301(2)-(3)
Statutory text as captured by FACTS (retrieved 2026-08-01, verified word-for-word against the state code 2026-08-10). Laws change. The statute governs; this page does not.