Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about Utah, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about Utah
These are the figures where Utah differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Cash surrender limit: $200,000 — the only jurisdiction of the 48 we have data for
- Formation fee: $59 — the only jurisdiction of the 48 we have data for
- Grace period days: not less than 31 days — one of only 4 of 47
- Deposit cap: none — one of only 6 of 37
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 100000
- Small estate scope: personal_only
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: yes
- Statute or act: Utah Code 46-1-16 (Notaries Public Reform Act), H.B. 249 (2019)
- Effective date: 2019-05-14
- Conditions: Act performed via secure audio-video communication without the signer’s physical presence; implementing standards adopted by rules effective 2019-11-01. Further amended by S.B. 139 effective 2026-05-06. Note the notary.utah.gov site currently shows new-notary applications ‘postponed until further…
- Association name: Utah Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
- Death benefit limit: $500,000
- Cash surrender limit: $200,000
- Aggregate limit: $500,000
- Statute citation: Utah Code § 31A-28-103(3)-(4)
- Free look days: 10 days
- Trigger: delivery of the policy, contract or certificate
- Extended windows: 30 days for a replacement policy, contract or certificate
- Refund basis: refund of any premium paid; policy void from the date of issuance
- Grace period days: not less than 31 days
- Coverage during grace: the policy continues in full force; on a claim arising in grace the insurer may deduct any premium due or overdue, interest, and any deferred installment of the annual premium
- Variations: four weeks for policies whose premiums are payable more frequently than monthly; plus a 30-day advance termination-notice requirement
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Quit deadline: Next regular payday; if the employee gives 72+ hours’ notice of resignation, wages are due on the last day worked
- Fired deadline: Within 24 hours of discharge or layoff
- Statute citation: Utah Code Ann. 34-28-5
- Has law: No
- Disclosure trigger: none
- Salary history ban: No
- Local ordinances: none identified
Source and full detail: final paycheck laws by state · pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Deposit cap: none
- Return deadline: 30 days
- Interest required: no
- Statute citation: Utah Code Secs. 57-17-1 to 57-17-5 (deadline: 57-17-3; penalty: 57-17-5)
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Formation fee: $59
- Annual report: $18
- Franchise tax: $0 for an LLC taxed as a partnership; $100 minimum if the LLC is taxed as a C corporation
- Publication requirement: none
- Expedite options: $75 per filing
- Statute citation: Utah Code sec. 48-3a-212 (annual report; repealed eff. 10/1/2026 by 2026 Gen. Sess. ch. 93); Utah Code sec. 59-7-104 (corporate minimum tax); Utah Div. of Corporations FY2026 Fee Schedule
- Five year total: $149
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: Yes
- Treatment: ordinary income
- Rate: 4.5% flat (TY2025)
- Preferential mechanism: none
- Tax year: 2025
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, Utah Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/utah/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 41 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also Utah financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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