Utah § 1a-405 - Listing of a commercial registered agent. (Effective 10/1/2026)

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§ 1a-405. Listing of a commercial registered agent. (Effective 10/1/2026)

Effective 10/1/2026
16-1a-405.  Listing of a commercial registered agent.
(1)A person may become listed as a commercial registered agent by delivering to the division for filing a commercial registered agent listing statement that states:
(a)
(i)the name of the individual applying to become a commercial registered agent; or
(ii)
(A)the name of the entity applying to become a commercial registered agent;
(B)the type of entity applying to become a commercial registered agent; and
(C)the jurisdiction in which the entity formed;
(b)that the person serves as a commercial registered agent in this state; and
(c)the person's physical address for the person's place of business where the person may receive service of process, notices, or demands sent to an entity represented by the person.
(2)A commercial registered agent listing statement may include information regarding the agent accepting service of process, notices, and demands in a form other than a written record.
(3)If the name of the person delivering the record to the division for filing a commercial registered agent listing statement is not distinguishable on the records of the division from the name of another commercial registered agent listed under this section, the person delivering the record shall:
(a)adopt a fictitious name that is distinguishable from the name of another commercial registered agent under this section; and
(b)use the fictitious name in the person's statement and when the person does business in this state as a commercial registered agent.
(4)
(a)The division shall note the filing of a commercial registered agent listing statement in the records maintained by the division for each entity represented by the commercial registered agent at the time of the filing.
(b)A commercial registered agent listing statement described in Subsection (4)(a) amends the registered agent filing for each entity represented by a commercial registered agent by:
(i)designating the person becoming listed as a commercial registered agent as the commercial registered agent of each entity; and
(ii)deleting the name and address of the former commercial registered agent from the registered agent filing of each entity.


Enacted by Chapter 93, 2026 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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