Utah Code § 48-5-201

Formation requirements
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(1)
(a) One or more persons may act as organizers to form a decentralized autonomous organization
by delivering to the division for filing a certificate of organization.
(b) At least one of the organizers of a decentralized autonomous organization shall be an
individual.
(2)
(a) A certificate of organization shall provide:
(i) the name of the decentralized autonomous organization, which shall comply with Section
48-5-105;
(ii) the name of an organizer that is an individual;
(iii) the street and mailing address of the organizer described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii);
(iv) the name and address of the legal representative; and
(v) the information required by Subsection 16-17-203(1).
(b) An organizer may request that the information provided in Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (iii) is
redacted by the division before any public disclosure of the filing.
(3) A decentralized autonomous organization shall submit evidence to the division in a form
required by the division that the decentralized autonomous organization has complied with the
following requirements:
(a) the decentralized autonomous organization is deployed on a permissionless blockchain;

(b) the decentralized autonomous organization has a unique public address through which an
individual can review and monitor the decentralized autonomous organization's transactions;
(c) the software code of the decentralized autonomous organization is available in a public forum
for any person to review;
(d) the software code of the decentralized autonomous organization has undergone quality
assurance;
(e) the decentralized autonomous organization has a graphical user interface that:
(i) allows a person to read the value of the key variables of the decentralized autonomous
organization's smart contracts;
(ii) allows a person to monitor all transactions originating from, or addressed to, the
decentralized autonomous organization's smart contracts;
(iii) specifies the restrictions on a member's ability to redeem tokens;
(iv) makes available the decentralized autonomous organization's by-laws; and
(v) displays the mechanism to contact the administrator of the decentralized autonomous
organization;
(f) the governance system of the decentralized autonomous organization is decentralized;
(g) the decentralized autonomous organization has at least one member;
(h)
(i) there is a publicly specified communication mechanism that allows a person to contact
the registered agent of the decentralized autonomous organization and provide legally
recognized service; and
(ii) a member or administrator of the decentralized autonomous organization is able to access
the contents of this communication mechanism; and
(i) the decentralized autonomous organization describes or provides a dispute resolution
mechanism that is:
(i) binding on the decentralized autonomous organization, the members, and participants of the
decentralized autonomous organization; and
(ii) able to resolve disputes with third parties capable of settlement by alternative dispute
resolution.
(4) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iv), a decentralized autonomous
organization may redact sensitive information from the by-laws before making the by-laws
available, if those redactions are necessary to protect the privacy of individual members or
participants in the decentralized autonomous organization.
(5) A decentralized autonomous organization is formed when the decentralized autonomous
organization's certificate of organization becomes effective and the decentralized autonomous
organization submits the evidence required in Subsection (3).
(6) Upon formation, the decentralized autonomous organization shall have limited liability, subject
to the provisions of Section 48-5-202.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 92, 2026 General Session
Renumbered 10/1/2026

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