Utah Code § 48-3a-1056

Effect of domestication
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(1) When a domestication becomes effective:
(a) the domesticated limited liability company is:
(i) organized under and subject to the organic law of the domesticated limited liability company;
and
(ii) the same entity without interruption as the domesticating limited liability company;
(b) all property of the domesticating limited liability company continues to be vested in the
domesticated limited liability company without transfer, reversion, or impairment;
(c) all debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the domesticating limited liability company
continue as debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the domesticated limited liability
company;
(d) except as otherwise provided by law or the plan of domestication, all the rights, privileges,
immunities, powers, and purposes of the domesticating limited liability company remain in the
domesticated limited liability company;
(e) the name of the domesticated limited liability company may be substituted for the name of the
domesticating limited liability company in any pending action or proceeding;
(f) the certificate of organization of the domesticated limited liability company is effective;
(g) the provisions of the operating agreement of the domesticated limited liability company that
are to be in a record, if any, approved as part of the plan of domestication are effective; and
(h) the interests in the domesticating limited liability company are converted to the extent and
as approved in connection with the domestication, and the members of the domesticating
limited liability company are entitled only to the rights provided to them under the plan of
domestication and to any appraisal rights they have under Section 48-3a-1008.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in the organic law or operating agreement of the domesticating
limited liability company, the domestication does not give rise to any rights that a member,
manager, or third party would have upon a dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the
domesticating limited liability company.
(3) When a domestication becomes effective, a person that did not have interest holder liability with
respect to the domesticating limited liability company and becomes subject to interest holder
liability with respect to a domestic limited liability company as a result of the domestication has
interest holder liability only to the extent provided by the organic law of the domestic limited
liability company and only for those debts, obligations, and other liabilities that arise after the
domestication becomes effective.
(4) When a domestication becomes effective:
(a) The domestication does not discharge any interest holder liability under this chapter to the
extent the interest holder liability arose before the domestication became effective.
(b) A person does not have interest holder liability under this part for any debts, obligations, and
other liabilities that arise after the domestication becomes effective.

(c) A person has whatever rights of contribution from any other person as are provided by law
other than this chapter, this chapter, or the operating agreement of a domestic domesticating
limited liability company with respect to any interest holder liability preserved under
Subsection (4)(a) as if the domestication had not occurred.
(5) When a domestication becomes effective, a foreign limited liability company that is the
domesticated limited liability company may be served with process in this state for the
collection and enforcement of any of its debts, obligations, and liabilities as provided in Section
16-17-301.
(6) If the domesticating limited liability company is a registered foreign limited liability company, the
registration of the foreign limited liability company is canceled when the domestication becomes
effective.
(7) A domestication does not require the limited liability company to wind up its affairs and does not
constitute or cause the dissolution of the company.
Renumbered 10/1/2026

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