About the Division

Mission Statement: Strengthening trust in Utah’s marketplace by facilitating corporate and commercial code filings and providing reliable information to the public.

What the Division Does

The Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, a division of the Utah Department of Commerce, registers all statutory business entities, state trademarks, and UCC-Article 9 lien notice filings.

Business Entity Filings

The businesses entities that register with the Division are:

  1. Profit and Non-Profit Corporations
  2. Limited Liability Companies
  3. Limited Partnerships
  4. Limited Liability Partnerships
  5. General Partnerships
  6. Sole Proprietors Who Have an Assumed Name (DBA)
  7. Business Trusts
  8. Real Estate Investment Trusts
  9. Any Other Assumed Business Name

Those entities which are created by the filing with the Division are: corporations and limited liability companies. All other filings are notice filings and those entities can exist without the filing in the Division.

Trademarks

The trademark law covers notice for the State of Utah only. Federal trademark law will offer protection for the entire United States. The state law ties into the federal statute in that it requires the filer to affirm that they checked the federal registry and their filing will not infringe on any federal filing. It is the responsibility of the filer to discover any similar filings.

Service of Process

Due to a law change in 2009, the Division no longer accepts service of process on behalf of Utah businesses.

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) & Agriculture Liens

The Division also files Uniform Commercial Code filings relative to Revised Article 9. These are notice filings which report the existence of a secured transaction. The Division also files agricultural liens under the CFS (Federal Food Security Act) filing guidelines.

Other Filing Responsibilities

As well as all the above mentioned activities, the Division is charged with a variety of small filings, such as:

  1. Governmental Entity Database (GIA Database) - an online directory of contact for any governmental entity
  2. Commercial Registered Agent (CRA) registrations.
  3. Verify Utah - a voluntary disclosure by employers that they have registered with E-Verify at the federal level.
  4. Archival business research - searching old stock certificates to find disposition of business entity
  5. Out of State Motorist

Public Assistance and Help

For general questions, please call 801-530-4849, email [email protected], or use the chat feature (click on the orange bubble in the bottom right corner).

Legal Disclaimer

Please be advised that the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code does not provide legal advice. While we accept all filings that meet statutory requirements, we do not have the authority to compel a person to make a filing. The Division serves as a repository for these records but is not an investigative or enforcement body. If a filing is fraudulent, we cannot unilaterally reverse it. Only the courts have the authority to determine a filing's validity, and we can only reverse a fraudulent filing with a court order.