<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nA registered agent in Utah is a person or a business entity that agrees to receive service of process (which is hopefully not something that happens often at your business), mail, and other documents for your business at your registered office address during regular business hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It probably seems backward to send your mail and documents to another address since you need them. But the second half of registered agent services involves document delivery. Your registered agent makes sure you get your documents via either mail forwarding services or online document-management systems. And the really good ones also issue compliance alerts to keep you informed about upcoming filing deadlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your company transacts business in other states, you\u2019re legally required to maintain a registered agent in each of the states it conducts business in. You can accomplish this by either designating a different registered agent in each state and maintaining a fleet of agents, or hiring a national registered agent service so that you can use one service to meet all of your legal requirements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A registered agent is also referred to as a statutory agent<\/em> or resident agent<\/em> in some instances. These are largely older terms to refer to the same job or business service. So if you see these terms, you\u2019ll know they all refer to the same thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n