Utah Secretary of State (What All Businesses Should Know)

Who is the Utah Secretary of State?

What do they do and how is that relevant for businesses and entrepreneurs?

What should you know about them!

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Who is the Utah Secretary of State

The Utah Secretary of State, through the Utah Departement of Commerce (Division of Corporations and Commercial Code), offers individuals and businesses the following services:

• New business registration
• Registration of a DBA (fictitious name)
• Business search 
• Principals of business search 
• Business filing renewal
• Business filing update 
• Business reinstatement 
• Provides copies of business documents
• Provides a certificate of existence
• UCC filings
• UCC and CFS searches
• Registration, renewal and search of trademark

Business entities in Utah

The Corporations Division of the State of Utah provides services to various types of businesses.

You can:

• Register a business entity 
• Renew your entity registration
• Make changes or update the information about your company
• Amend, merge or convert your registered company
• Cancel or dissolve a business entity 
• Get copies of certificates existence 
• Reinstate a business 
• Cure defects in the business registration status 

Business trust

Business trusts is a business entity that is created via a declaration of trust where property is transferred to a trustee to be managed for the beneficiaries of the trust.

Collection agency 

A collection agency is a type of business that earns its revenues by collecting and pursuing outstanding debt owed by businesses and individuals.

A company cannot act as a collection agency in Utah unless it is duly registered with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code.

Commercial registered agent

A commercial registered agent is a type of business or individual offering services to act as an agent for registered business entities and accept legal documents or the service of process.

Corporation

A corporation is a business entity having rights, privileges and liabilities that are different than the business owners or shareholders. 

In Utah, a corporation can be:

• A domestic profit corporation 
• A domestic non-profit corporation 
• Professional corporation 
• A foreign profit corporation registered in Utah
• A foreign non-profit corporation registered in Utah 
• Benefit corporation 

Doing business as

Sole proprietors, general partnerships or other business entities may want to register a DBA (also called a fictitious name or assumed name).

Typically, individuals or general partnerships may elect to register a DBA so they can use a trade name different than their own personal name.

General partnership 

A general partnership is made up of at least two individuals who get together to act commercially, pool their resources together for a business project or collaborate with one another in a business.

The partners in a general partnership are personally responsible 

Limited liability company

A limited liability company is a legal entity formed under the State of Utah laws through a written agreement of its members called an organization agreement.

Limited liability partnership 

A limited liability partnership or LLP in Utah is a business where the partners come together to start a business but are not responsible for the negligent actions of one another.

An LLP is similar to a general partnership with the difference that the partners are responsible for their own actions.

Limited liability limited partnerships 

A limited liability limited partnership or LLLP is a type of partnership having one or more general partners along with one or more limited partners.

The general partners are personally responsible for the business, share profits and losses whereas limited partners share in profits but they have limited liability with regards to the business liability.

Limited partnerships 

A Utah domestic limited partnership is a type of partnership where you have at lease one or more general partners along with one or more limited partners.

This type of partnership is generally established to allow passive investors from investing in the business without having to assume day-to-day responsibilities in managing the affairs of the partnership.

Trademarks

A trademark is a name, slogan or symbol used by a person or business in the course of their business distinguishing their products and services from others.

Tribal business entities

In Utah, you have tribal business entities that can be established for-profit or non-profit purposes.

To be recognized as a tribal business, the State of Utah will verify the eligibility of the founders.

Uniform limited cooperative associations 

A Limited Cooperative Association is a type of company where individuals get together to combine ownership of a property, share certain benefits among the members or share control of something.

State of Utah business services 

The State of Utah provides the following services to business entities:

• Articles of incorporation 
• Articles of organization
• Articles of amendment
• Articles of dissolution
• Business name reservation
• Certificates of authority 
• Certificates of good standing
• Name availability search
• Statement of information initial reports
• Statement of information annual reports

Utah Secretary of State Contact 

Takeaways 

So who is the Utah Secretary of State]?

In what way do they serve the business community and allow businesses to register and operate in Utah?

Let’s look at a summary of our findings.

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