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Utah calls its LLC annual report the Annual Renewal, and the word choice is doing real work: in Utah, an LLC that isn't renewed expires — like a domain name. The filing itself is one of the cheapest and simplest anywhere: $18, due by the last day of your anniversary month (the month the Division of Corporations approved your certificate of organization), filed online in minutes under Utah Code § 48-3a-212. What the small fee hides is one of the fastest kill-clocks in the country. Utah's staircase is precisely 60 days long: a 30-day grace period with no penalty, a 30-day delinquency period with a token $10 late fee — and then the Division changes your status to Expired, which is Utah's administrative dissolution. From there you have two years to reinstate for $59. Miss that window and the LLC cannot be revived at all: the state's answer is "form a new company," with a new formation date, a new EIN conversation with your bank, and a name that anyone may have taken in the meantime. Compare that to states that let a delinquent entity linger for years — Utah doesn't linger.
| Item | Utah LLC |
|---|---|
| What's due | Annual Report / Annual Renewal with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (Utah Department of Commerce) |
| Deadline | Last day of your anniversary month, every year — first report due the year after formation; you can file up to 60 days early (§ 48-3a-212) |
| Fee | $18 (FY-2026 fee schedule) — online by card, or by mail with a check to "State of Utah" |
| Days 1–30 late | Grace period — no fee, no penalty |
| Days 31–60 late | Delinquency period — $10 late fee ($28 total) |
| Day 61 | Status changes to Expired — Utah's administrative dissolution (§ 48-3a-708 path; the Division calls the date the "Date of Status Change") |
| Reinstatement | $59, online or by mail — but only within 2 years of expiration; after that, the LLC is unrecoverable and you must form a new one |
| Notices | Expiration notices go to the principal address, registered agent, and a member — and the state sends renewal reminders to the email on file, so a stale email is a silent failure mode |
| Where | Utah Business Registration System (UtahID login) · Division of Corporations: 801-530-4849 |
Which month is yours? It's the month your certificate of organization was approved — not the month you started doing business, opened the bank account, or got your EIN. Approved August 12? Every renewal is due by August 31, and your 60-day slide ends around October 31. You can confirm the date on the state's business search — the same tool that will tell you, later, whether your status says Active or Expired.
There's a pattern across states: the harder a filing bites, the more owners respect it, and the more services nag about it. An $800 California bill gets a calendar entry; an $18 Utah renewal gets a mental note. But Utah's consequence curve is inverted relative to its fee. Colorado gives a delinquent LLC roughly 400 days before its name is at risk. Wyoming starts a 60-day dissolution clock only after notice. Utah's 60 days run from the due date, automatically, and end in a status — Expired — that stops being fixable after two years. The two-year cliff is the part almost nobody prices in: an owner who shut a project down "for now," kept the name, and planned to revive it in a few years will find there is nothing left to revive. If you're already staring at an Expired status, the play is time-sensitive: confirm the expiration date on the business search, verify your registered agent is still willing to serve, and file the reinstatement before the two-year mark. For the general triage sequence, see what to do if you missed your annual report.
| Where you are | What it costs |
|---|---|
| On time (by anniversary month-end) | $18 |
| Up to 30 days late | $18 — grace period, no penalty |
| 31–60 days late | $28 ($10 late fee) |
| 61+ days late | Expired — $59 reinstatement, agent must be current, name must still be available |
| 2+ years expired | Unrecoverable — new certificate of organization ($59), new entity, new history |
A housekeeping note that will make a lot of internet guidance look wrong this fall: Utah's 2026 General Session (Chapter 93) renumbers the Revised Uniform LLC Act, and Title 48, Chapter 3a — including § 48-3a-212 (the annual report section) and § 48-3a-708 (administrative dissolution) — is marked repealed/renumbered effective October 1, 2026 on the legislature's code site. This is a recodification, not an abolition — the renewal obligation itself continues under the successor sections [Inference from the renumbering notation; confirm the new citations on le.utah.gov after October 1]. The practical takeaway: after this October, guides citing "48-3a" are quoting a repealed chapter number, which is a decent freshness test for whatever you're reading — this page included, which is why it carries a review date.
Among anniversary-month states, Utah is the cheapest and the strictest at once. Nevada wants $350 across two stacked filings on the same month-end. Wyoming charges $60 on the first day of the anniversary month. Virginia is Utah's closest rival for speed — automatic cancellation three months past due — but Virginia's reinstatement window is more forgiving than Utah's two-year hard stop. And Arizona, next door, asks for nothing at all most years. Owners with entities in Utah plus a fixed-date state are carrying two different rhythms; the 50-state table shows them side by side.
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