UT registered agent
Registered agent service in Utah, $37 per year, within tolerance
Utah expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Utah annual report, an average obligation
Utah bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
$18 per year. Average.
*Domestic/foreign limited liability company (LLC) $18
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: FY2026 Fee Schedule sec. 3 Renewal/Annual Report Filings
Annual report charge, corporation
$18 per year. Average.
*Domestic/foreign corporation $18
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: FY2026 Fee Schedule sec. 3 Renewal/Annual Report Filings
Expectations set by Utah
Expectation
As set out in the Utah code:
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 16-17-102(14); see also 16-17-202, 16-17-203(1), 48-3a-111(1)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 16-17-301(2)-(3)
Corrective action available to Utah
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... (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 incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1420(3)-(4); procedure at 16-10a-1421
Dissolution, administrative
... under Subsections (2) and (3) to dissolve a limited liability company administratively if the limited liability company does not: ... (c) have a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-708(1)(c)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (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 incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1530(3)-(4); procedure at 16-10a-1531
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-910(1)(c)-(d)
Standing in court withdrawn
... 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1502(1); 48-3a-902(2)
Penalty, civil
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1502(4)-(5)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-709(4); 16-10a-1422(1)(a)(vi)-(vii), (1)(b)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.