(1)  By complying with Sections 48-3a-1051 through 48-3a-1056, a domestic limited liability company may become a foreign limited liability company if the domestication is authorized by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-3a-1051

  • Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state, which would be a limited liability company, including a low-profit limited liability company, if formed under the law of this state. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisdiction of formation: means , with respect to an entity, the jurisdiction:
(a) under whose law the entity is formed; or
(b) in the case of a limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership, in which the partnership's statement of qualification is filed. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
(2)  By complying with the provisions of Sections 48-3a-1051 through 48-3a-1056 applicable to foreign limited liability companies, a foreign limited liability company may become a domestic limited liability company if the domestication is authorized by the law of the foreign limited liability company’s jurisdiction of formation.

(3)  If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic limited liability company but does not refer to a domestication, the provision applies to a domestication of the limited liability company as if the domestication were a merger until the provision is amended after January 1, 2014.

Enacted by Chapter 412, 2013 General Session