Utah Registered Agent Service
Yes. Every Utah domestic filing entity, registered foreign entity and registered DBA must designate and maintain a registered agent in Utah. The address on file has to be a street address in the state, plus a Utah mailing address if that differs. The requirement itself is not changing, but its citation is: it sits in the Model Registered Agents Act at Utah Code Title 16, Chapter 17 until 1 October 2026, and moves to Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 4 on that date.
Verified against the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (Utah Department of Commerce) (statutes verified in the Utah Code) · Reviewed September 2026
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- Required?
- Yes — including DBAs
- Address rule
- Street address in UT, plus mailing address
- Form to switch agents
- Statement of change signed by the represented entity under Utah Code section 16-1a-407
- Key deadline
- Last day of anniversary monthSee all deadlines
Your Utah year
Every recurring Utah filing on a single line, with a two-week heads-up before each due date.
- January: Annual report / renewal due, Jan 31
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
One filing a year: Annual report / renewal, due by the last day of your anniversary month.
- Form
- Annual report for the Division (Utah Code § 16-1a-212, effective 1 October 2026; previously § 48-3a-212 for LLCs)
- If late
- Loss of active status and, if left unresolved, administrative dissolution under Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 6
Deadline rules from the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (Utah Department of Commerce) (statutes verified in the Utah Code) · reviewed September 2026. We confirm every date when you file.
What does Utah require of your registered agent?
The rule
Governing statute: From 1 October 2026: Utah Code § 16-1a-402 (entities required to designate and maintain a registered agent), § 16-1a-403 (address in filing), § 16-1a-404 (designation), § 16-1a-407 (change), § 16-1a-413 (duties). Until that date the same ground is covered by Title 16, Chapter 17, the Model Registered Agents Act, which Chapter 93 of the 2026 General Session repeals effective 1 October 2026.
Where the chapter requires a record to state an address, it must state a street address in Utah and a Utah mailing address if that is different (§ 16-1a-403). Utah keeps the commercial / noncommercial split: you either name a commercial registered agent listed with the Division, or a noncommercial agent with a Utah address, or the title of an office or position within your own entity plus its mailing address.
Utah does not write a business-hours clause into the statute. Instead § 16-1a-413 imposes affirmative duties on the agent: forward any process, notice or demand to the entity at its most recent address, pass on every notice the part requires, and keep the registered agent information on file current.
If you have no agent
Designating a registered agent is a standing condition of remaining a domestic filing entity or a registered foreign entity — Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 6 is Administrative Dissolution. Practically, once the Division’s address is stale, service of process and the annual report notice both go to the wrong place, and the entity slides out of good standing.
New to the role? What the registered agent does, in plain English — the role, explained in plain English.
Other states call the same role a registered agent, resident agent, statutory agent or agent for service of process. In Utah the law says registered agent. Which term each state uses.
Operating beyond Utah? Compare agent requirements state by state — the term, the address rule and the recurring filing all change at the state line.
Licensed, and forming a practice in Utah? Utah has a professional limited liability company with a name rule of its own, and the agent requirement does not move with it. What Utah asks of a professional LLC
What does Utah ask you to file, and when?
| Obligation | Form | Due | Late penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC formation (Certificate of Organization) | Certificate of Organization (Utah Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Utah Code § 48-3a-201) | At formation | N/A |
| Annual report / renewal | Annual report for the Division (Utah Code § 16-1a-212, effective 1 October 2026; previously § 48-3a-212 for LLCs) | The last day of your anniversary month — the calendar month your formation became effective — every year; you may file up to 60 days early | Loss of active status and, if left unresolved, administrative dissolution under Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 6 |
| Change of registered agent by the entity | Statement of change (Utah Code § 16-1a-407) | When the agent changes | - |
| Change of name or address by the agent | Statement of change filed by the registered agent (§ 16-1a-408 noncommercial, § 16-1a-409 commercial) | When the agent’s own details change | A commercial agent that moves without filing can have its listing canceled by the Division |
State fees change; we confirm current amounts with you before anything is filed.
Missed a filing? What happens to a Utah LLC, and how to put it right — Utah’s own status term, the filing that brings it back and the time limit.
What we file for you in Utah
- Every filing in the table above, prepared and submitted on time
- Reminders ahead of each deadline, for every entity you hold
- State fees confirmed with you before anything is filed
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Every Utah quote is built around your entities, your states and your filings — one entity or hundreds. Most quotes are same-day.
How do you appoint or change your registered agent in Utah?
Procedure scope: Utah domestic LLCs and registered foreign LLCs as represented entities under Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 4, effective October 1, 2026.
5 steps
to switch your registered agent in Utah.
Step 1: Identify the represented entity's Utah record and the registered-agent information that needs to be changed.
Agent consent
Step 2: Choose the replacement designation under section 16-1a-404: a listed commercial agent, a noncommercial agent, or an authorized office or position within the entity. Obtain the agent's agreement before filing.
Step 3: For a noncommercial designation, collect the address information required by sections 16-1a-403 and 16-1a-404, including a Utah street address and a different Utah mailing address when applicable.
Step 4: Prepare a statement of change under section 16-1a-407, signed on behalf of the represented entity, stating the name of the new registered agent and the information the filing will amend.
Utah formStatement of change signed by the represented entity under Utah Code section 16-1a-407Submit
Step 5: Deliver the statement to the Division for filing using its current business-registration change process and retain the filed record. Alternatively, section 16-1a-407 permits amendment of the most recent registered-agent filing.
Change fee · Set by the stateAny state fee for this change is confirmed with you before anything is filed.
We handle the whole swapThe October 2026 Part 4 rules cover represented domestic filing entities and registered foreign entities, so this procedure is not limited to LLCs. An agent changing its own information follows the separate noncommercial or commercial-agent provisions in sections 16-1a-408 and 16-1a-409. Entity-specific amendments outside the agent change may still require separate filings.
Switching providers? How to change your registered agent in Utah — the filing route, consent and entity-specific instructions, with official sources.
Can you be your own registered agent in Utah?
Yes, and Utah gives you a route most states do not: besides naming yourself as a noncommercial registered agent at a Utah street address, you may name the title of an office or position within the entity where whoever holds that job accepts service, plus its mailing address. The address is public, and Utah publishes a daily list of every filing naming a registered agent, in alphabetical order by agent, available for at least fourteen days. The deadline bites too: the annual report is due the last day of your anniversary month, so a September formation means a September deadline you will not share with anyone else’s calendar. The full guide: Can you be your own registered agent?
Should you be your own registered agent?
Three honest questions about Utah. If you don’t need us, we’ll say so.
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Is it fine if your home or office address goes on the public record?
As your own registered agent, the street address you list is the one that appears on Utah's public record.
Should you even hire a registered agent?
If you live in Utah, keep regular hours at a fixed address, and run one entity, you may not need us, and we will tell you so. A service earns its keep when you value privacy, travel, run more than one entity, or operate across state lines.
| What the job involves in Utah | Be your own agent | LLCity |
|---|---|---|
| Street address in UT, plus mailing address | Your home or office, on public record | Our Utah address, your privacy kept |
| You must be reliably reachable to accept and forward service of process | On you, every business day | Always staffed, scanned the day it arrives |
| Multi-state coverage | One state only | All 50 plus DC and Puerto Rico, one login |
| Deadline tracking | On you | Reminders before every deadline |
| Served in front of clients | Possible | Never, it comes to us |
Why do businesses in Utah choose LLCity?
Your Utah registered agent
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Put Utah’s deadlines in your calendar
Set your formation date and download reminders for every recurring Utah filing — or have us email them.
Annual report / renewal
Next due: January 31, 2027 · repeats yearly · Due the last day of your formation-anniversary month; you may file it up to 60 days early
Dates sourced from the Utah filing office and carrying the month we last checked them. Schedules change — we confirm everything before anything is filed.
Is that letter really from Utah?
Private companies mail official-looking offers to file your recurring report or sell you a certificate. Here is what Utah has said about them, and where to file directly.
Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (with Division of Consumer Protection)2019-08-29
“these letters are not sanctioned by the Utah Division of Corporations and no one is required to respond to this notice.”
Also published
File or order directly from Utah:
Annual renewal / Certificate of Existence · Division of Corporations and Commercial Code information
How to tell a lookalike from a real state notice, and what to do with one
Questions about registered agent service in Utah
Do I need a registered agent in Utah?
Yes. Every Utah domestic filing entity, every registered foreign entity and every registered DBA must designate and maintain a registered agent in Utah, at a Utah street address plus a Utah mailing address if different. That obligation is not changing in 2026 — only where it is written down. Until 1 October 2026 it sits in the Model Registered Agents Act (Utah Code Title 16, Chapter 17); from 1 October 2026 it sits at Utah Code § 16-1a-402.
Can I be my own registered agent in Utah?
Yes. You can name yourself as a noncommercial registered agent at a Utah street address, or name the title of an office or position within the entity where the holder accepts service. The catch is publicity and timing: Utah publishes a daily, alphabetized list of filings naming registered agents, and your annual report falls on your own anniversary month.
When is the Utah annual report due?
On the last day of your anniversary month — the calendar month in which your formation became effective with the Division — every year, under Utah Code § 16-1a-212. You may deliver it up to 60 days before that date. Let it lapse and the entity loses active status and can be administratively dissolved.
What is changing in Utah's registered agent law in 2026?
From 1 October 2026 Utah repeals Title 16, Chapter 17, the Model Registered Agents Act, and moves the rules into Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 4, 'Registered Agent of an Entity', under Chapter 93 of the 2026 General Session. The substance is largely carried forward — commercial and noncommercial agents, the Utah street address rule, the statement of change — but every citation moves. Filings made before that date are governed by Chapter 17.
How do I change my registered agent in Utah?
Utah domestic LLCs and registered foreign LLCs as represented entities under Title 16, Chapter 1a, Part 4, effective October 1, 2026. Utah's current entity-filed registered-agent change is governed by section 16-1a-407, effective October 1, 2026. Deliver a signed statement of change naming the new agent and the information being amended; the old Chapter 17 citation is no longer the current rule. The October 2026 Part 4 rules cover represented domestic filing entities and registered foreign entities, so this procedure is not limited to LLCs. An agent changing its own information follows the separate noncommercial or commercial-agent provisions in sections 16-1a-408 and 16-1a-409. Entity-specific amendments outside the agent change may still require separate filings.
Figures verified against the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (Utah Department of Commerce) (statutes verified in the Utah Code) (le.utah.gov/xcode/Title16/Chapter1A/16-1a-P4.html) · Last updated September 2026
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