Utah Code » Title 16, Chapter 17 — Model Registered Agents Act; part 16-17-3 — Service of Process and Duties

Utah Code § 16-17-301

Service of process on entities

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10/1/2026

A registered agent is an agent of the represented entity authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity.
If an entity that previously filed a registered agent filing with the division no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served 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. The names of the governors and the address of the principal office may be as shown in the most recent annual report filed with the division. Service is perfected under this Subsection (2) at the earliest of:
the date the entity receives the mail;
the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the entity; or
five days after its deposit with the United States Postal Service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage.
If process, notice, or demand cannot be served on an entity pursuant to Subsection (1) or (2), service of process may be made by handing a copy to the manager, clerk, or other person in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the entity if the person served is not a plaintiff in the action.
Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent shall be in the form of a written document, except that service may be made on a commercial registered agent in such other forms of a record, and subject to such requirements as the agent has stated from time to time in its listing under Section 16-17-204 that it will accept.
Service of process, notice, or demand may be perfected by any other means prescribed by law other than this chapter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2019–2025 · leading case: Madsen v. Sidwell Air Freight
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Clear Link Technologies LLC v. Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC (2024) utd · cites it 2× “32 Utah Code § 16-17-301(1). 33 Denny v. Ill.”
Madsen v. Sidwell Air Freight (2024) utd · cites it 2× “§ 16 - 17-203; - Utah Code Ann. § 16-17-301 , which states that “[a] registered agent is … authorized to receive service of any process … required or permitted by law to be served on the entity”; and - Utah Code Ann.”
Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund v. Power Foundations, LLC (2019) cod “2 Because Defendant is a Utah corporation, Plaintiffs served Defendant pursuant to the procedures of Utah Code Ann. § 16-17-301 (2). Section 16-17-301(2) allows service upon a corporate entity by certified mail when the registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be…”
Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund v. Power Foundations, LLC (2020) cod “) The Clerk of the Court did not docket an Entry of Default on either occasion 1 Because Defendant is a Utah corporation, Plaintiffs served Defendant pursuant to the procedures of Utah Code Ann. § 16-17-301 (2). Section 16-17-301(2) allows service upon a corporate entity by…”
Atwood v. Dotdash Meredith (2025) utd “§ 16-17-301(1) (“A registered agent is ..”
— Utah Code § 16-17-301(1) — 2 cases
Clear Link Technologies LLC v. Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC (2024) utd “32 Utah Code § 16-17-301(1). 33 Denny v. Ill.”
Atwood v. Dotdash Meredith (2025) utd “§ 16-17-301(1) (“A registered agent is ..”
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