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Utah Code § 16-1a-506

Activities that do not constitute doing business

Enacted by Chapter 93, 2026 General Session; Effective 10/1/2026

(1) The following activities of a filing foreign entity do not constitute doing business in this state:

(a) maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding;

(b) carrying on an activity concerning the filing foreign entity's internal affairs, including holding meetings of the filing foreign entity's interest holders or governors;

(c) maintaining an account in a financial institution;

(d) maintaining an office or an agency for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the filing foreign entity's or the foreign limited liability partnership's securities;

(e) maintaining a trustee or a depository for the filing foreign entity's securities;

(f) selling through an independent contractor;

(g) soliciting or obtaining an order by any means if the order requires acceptance outside this state before the order becomes a contract;

(h) creating or acquiring indebtedness, a mortgage, or a security interest in property;

(i) securing or collecting a debt;

(j) enforcing a mortgage or a security interest in a property;

(k) holding, protecting, or maintaining property the filing foreign entity acquires by enforcing a mortgage or a security interest;

(l) conducting an isolated transaction that is outside the scope of the filing foreign entity's ordinary course of business;

(m) owning real property; and

(n) doing business that constitutes interstate commerce.

(2) A person does not do business in this state by being an interest holder or a governor of a foreign entity that does business in this state.

(3) This section does not apply when determining whether the contacts or activities subject a filing foreign entity to service of process, taxation, or regulation under a law of this state outside of this chapter.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.