(1) As used in Sections 48-3a-1041 through 48-3a-1046, the term “subject entity” includes a corporation, a business trust or association, a real estate investment trust, a common-law trust, or any other unincorporated business, including a general partnership, a registered limited liability partnership, a limited partnership, a nonprofit corporation, or a foreign company.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-3a-1041

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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:
         (9)(a) under whose law the entity is formed; or
         (9)(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
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(2) A subject entity may convert to a domestic company by complying with Sections 48-3a-1041 through 48-3a-1046.
(3) By complying with Sections 48-3a-1041 through 48-3a-1046, a domestic limited liability company may become:

     (3)(a) a domestic entity that is a different type of entity; or
     (3)(b) a foreign entity that is a different type of entity, if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.
(4) By complying with the provisions of Sections 48-3a-1041 through 48-3a-1046 applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity that is not a foreign limited liability company may become a domestic limited liability company if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign entity’s jurisdiction of formation.
(5) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic limited liability company but does not refer to a conversion, the provision applies to a conversion of the entity as if the conversion were a merger until the provision is amended after January 1, 2014.