Registered agent
Utah Registered Agent Service
Utah requires every domestic filing entity, every registered foreign entity and every registered DBA to designate and maintain a registered agent in the state (Utah Code § 16-1a-402). The agent receives lawsuits and official notices for the company at a physical Utah address. Our registered agent service is $199 a year and includes same-day scanning of everything served.
Utah fees re-checked against the Utah General Laws and the Division of Corporations Filing Fees page: November 12, 2026
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Utah filings for owners. We are not the Utah Department of Commerce or its Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
- Filed with the Utah Division of Corporations
- We track your Utah annual renewal
- Cited to Utah Code Title 16
- Talk to a filer: (386) 465-3937
Utah Registered Agent Service: the Utah specifics
Who needs a registered agent in Utah
Every domestic filing entity, every registered foreign entity and, unusually, every registered DBA must designate and keep a registered agent in Utah (Utah Code § 16-1a-402). The agent can be an individual or a commercial registered agent listed with the Division, and the agent's address must be a physical Utah address where process can be served.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-402Commercial registered agents
A business that serves as agent for many entities can list with the Division as a commercial registered agent for $52. Entities that use a commercial agent can name it in filings without repeating its address.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026Changing agents
A statement of change of registered agent costs $17. If you are filing the annual renewal anyway, listing the new agent there counts as the change (§ 16-1a-212(9)).
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026Who can serve, and why most owners outsource
Any individual with a physical Utah address, or a commercial registered agent listed with the Division, can serve (§ 16-1a-404). Serving yourself is legal, but your address goes on the public record and someone has to be there to accept a summons. Owners who live out of state, work from home or travel use a commercial agent.
Losing your agent is a real risk in Utah: 60 consecutive days without one is a ground for administrative dissolution (§ 16-1a-602).
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-404
DBAs need agents too
Utah is one of the few states that requires a registered DBA to keep a registered agent (§ 16-1a-402). A sole proprietor who registers a trade name names an agent on that registration, and our $199 service covers DBAs the same way it covers LLCs.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-402
Utah Registered Agent Service: questions
Yes, if you have a physical Utah address where you can accept service during business hours. That address becomes part of the public record.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-404Section 16-1a-402 lists the D.B.A. alongside LLCs and corporations as entities that must keep a registered agent, so a sole proprietor's DBA registration names one too.
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-402Name a new one quickly. Going 60 consecutive days without a registered agent is a ground for administrative dissolution (§ 16-1a-602).
Source: Utah Code § 16-1a-602Yes. Corp USA prepares and submits your Utah filing with the Division of Corporations for you. The official state fee is passed through at cost, with our service fee shown separately at checkout, so you never have to work through the state's registration system yourself.
Source: Utah Division of Corporations fee schedule, fiscal year 2026Ready when you are, Utah.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Utah filings for owners. We are not the Utah Department of Commerce or its Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.