UT registered agent
Registered agent service in Utah. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Utah company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Utah
Requirement
The Utah code provides:
"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; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 16-17-102(14); see also 16-17-202, 16-17-203(1), 48-3a-111(1)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 16-17-301(2)-(3)
Enforcement in Utah
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
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; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1420(3)-(4); procedure at 16-10a-1421
Administrative dissolution by the state
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-708(1)(c)
Revocation of foreign authority
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; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1530(3)-(4); procedure at 16-10a-1531
Revocation of foreign authority
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; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-910(1)(c)-(d)
Loss of standing to sue
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1502(1); 48-3a-902(2)
Pecuniary penalty
... However, the penalty may not exceed a total of $5,000 for each year. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Utah Code 16-10a-1502(4)-(5)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... 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 incFACTS: Utah Code 48-3a-709(4); 16-10a-1422(1)(a)(vi)-(vii), (1)(b)
The Utah annual report, which you may also decline
Utah levies an annual charge to keep a company in good standing. The amount is below. Declining it is consistent with everything else on this page.
Annual report, limited liability company
$18 per annum.
*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, corporation
$18 per annum.
*Domestic/foreign corporation $18
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: FY2026 Fee Schedule sec. 3 Renewal/Annual Report Filings
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.