Utah § 1a-506 - Activities that do not constitute doing business. (Effective 10/1/2026)

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§ 1a-506. Activities that do not constitute doing business. (Effective 10/1/2026)

Effective 10/1/2026
16-1a-506.  Activities that do not constitute doing business.
(1)The following activities of a filing foreign entity do not constitute doing business in this state:
(a)maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding;
(b)carrying on an activity concerning the filing foreign entity's internal affairs, including holding meetings of the filing foreign entity's interest holders or governors;
(c)maintaining an account in a financial institution;
(d)maintaining an office or an agency for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the filing foreign entity's or the foreign limited liability partnership's securities;
(e)maintaining a trustee or a depository for the filing foreign entity's securities;
(f)selling through an independent contractor;
(g)soliciting or obtaining an order by any means if the order requires acceptance outside this state before the order becomes a contract;
(h)creating or acquiring indebtedness, a mortgage, or a security interest in property;
(i)securing or collecting a debt;
(j)enforcing a mortgage or a security interest in a property;
(k)holding, protecting, or maintaining property the filing foreign entity acquires by enforcing a mortgage or a security interest;
(l)conducting an isolated transaction that is outside the scope of the filing foreign entity's ordinary course of business;
(m)owning real property; and
(n)doing business that constitutes interstate commerce.
(2)A person does not do business in this state by being an interest holder or a governor of a foreign entity that does business in this state.
(3)This section does not apply when determining whether the contacts or activities subject a filing foreign entity to service of process, taxation, or regulation under a law of this state outside of this chapter.


Enacted by Chapter 93, 2026 General Session

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

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