County Clerks and the Secretary of State were responsible
for recording incorporation records in the state until
1962, when the law changed and the state became solely
responsible for recording incorporation records. Current
incorporation records are recorded by the Division of Corporations
which is in the Department of Commerce. Researchers seeking
incorporation records for businesses active after 1974
will need to contact the Division of Corporations through
their homepage: http://www.commerce.utah.gov/cor/index.html or
at 160 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Tel. (801)
530-4849.
The incorporation records are kept in record books and
also in case files. The incorporation records include articles
of incorporation, notices to pay licensing fees and taxes,
oaths of office for corporate officers, annual reports,
correspondence, or other miscellaneous documents. Case
files are created during the length of a corporation's
existence.
Articles of incorporation constitute a contract between
the state and corporation, between corporation and stockholders,
and between the stockholders and state. The articles of
incorporation record the following: names of the incorporators
and their places of residence, the length of the corporation's
existence, the pursuit of business agreed upon, amount
of stock each shareholder receives, description of stock
classes, number and kind of corporate officers, and the
number of directors necessary to transact corporate business.
The Division of Corporations and Utah State Archives has
indexes and card files that facilitate access to the incorporations
recorded by the state. The Archives also has indexes for
many of the County Clerks' incorporation records. You may
write and ask reference archivists to copy, at
cost, incorporation records or you are welcome to visit
the Utah State Archives Research Center to search for yourself.
| Beaver County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1874-1963 |
Series
83770
online
index |
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| Beaver County Probate Court |
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| Record books, 1870-1885 |
Series
14893
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| Box Elder County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Records Index, 1900-1961 |
Series
14945 |
| Incorporation Case Files of LDS
Church Wards, 1886-1901 |
Series
14947 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1873-1961 |
Series 17890
online
index |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1870-1961 |
Series
84091 |
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| Cache County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1873-1961 |
Series
3692 |
| Incorporation Index, 1873-1961 |
Series
6192 |
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| Carbon County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Records Books, 1881-1961 |
Series
15310 |
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| Daggett County Clerk- No archives holdings |
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| Davis County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Oaths of Office, 1880-1983 |
Series
11622 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1882-1961 |
Series
11801 |
| Articles of Incorporation Alphabetical Index, 1882-1961 |
Series
17568 |
| Articles of Incorporation Numerical Index, 1882-1961 |
Series
17569 |
| Incorporation Oaths of Office Index, 1935-1963 |
Series
17898 |
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| Duchesne County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1906-1961 |
Series
3745 |
| Incorporation Case Files Numerical Index, 1906-1961 |
Series
15110 |
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| Emery County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1889-1961 |
Series
17823 |
| Articles of Incorporation Alphabetical Index, 1886-1961 |
Series
17840 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1886-1961 |
Series
17852 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books of LDS Church
Wards, 1887 |
Series
84033 |
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| Garfield County Clerk- No archives holdings |
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| Grand County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1903-1961 |
Series
14932 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1899-1953 |
Series
17858 |
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| Iron County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1884-1895 |
Series
17574 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1870-1948 |
Series
83748 |
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| Juab County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Alphabetical Index, 1917-1961 |
Series
6180 |
| Incorporation Assumed Name Index, 1917-1961 |
Series
17778 |
| Incorporation Document Index, 1917-1961 |
Series
17779 |
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| Kane County Clerk- No archives holdings |
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| Millard County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1871-1961 |
Series
83441 |
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| Morgan County Clerk- No archives holdings |
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| Piute County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1891-1961 |
Series 3761
online
index |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1891-1961 |
Series
17421 |
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| Rich County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1870-1961 |
Series 3764
online
index |
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| Salt Lake County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Alphabetical Indexes, 1869-1961 |
Series
3866 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1869-1961 |
Series
3888 |
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| San Juan County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1886-1961 |
Series 17504
online
index |
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| Sanpete County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1870-1963 |
Series 4952
online
index |
| Articles of Incorporation Alphabetical Index, 1871-1963 |
Series
15846 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1871-1963 |
Series
17579 |
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| Sevier County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Index, 1873-1961 |
Series
17543 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1873-1948 |
Series
17544 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1873-1961 |
Series
84195 |
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| Summit County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1882-1961 |
Series 17892
online
index |
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| Tooele County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1901-1961 |
Series
14878 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books of LDS Church
Wards, 1882-1883 |
Series
15691 |
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| Uintah County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1907-1960 |
Series
5012 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1891-1961 |
Series 5015
online
index |
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| Utah County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1872-1961 |
Series 5026
online
index |
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| Wasatch County Clerk- No archives holdings |
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| Washington County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Record Book, 1896-1908 |
Series
3177 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Book of Ecclesiastical
Incorporations, 1882-1887 |
Series 23602 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1891-1961 |
Series 17893
online
index |
| |
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| Washington County Probate Court |
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| United Order Incorporation Records, 1874-1878 |
Series
3190
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| Wayne County Clerk |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1953-1961 |
Series
17861 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1892-1945 |
Series
84076 |
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| Weber County Clerk |
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| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1871-1961 |
Series
5079 |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books for LDS Church
Wards, 1882-1884 |
Series 5094 |
| Incorporation Index, 1871-1961 |
Series
5098 |
| Incorporation Case Files of LDS Church Wards, 1882-1903 |
Series
5288 |
| Incorporation Case Files, 1871-1961 |
Series
5297 |
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| First District Court |
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| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1888-1890 |
Series
17798 |
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| Third District Court |
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| Incorportion Case Files, 1887-1896 |
Series 3845
online
index |
| Articles of Incorporation Record Books, 1887-1896 |
Series 19481 |
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| Division of Corporations and Commercial Code |
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| Incorporation Case Files, 1871-ongoing |
Series
7184 |
| Inactive Corporation Cards, ca. 1871-1988 |
Series
16658 |
| Active Corporation Cards, ca. 1871-1988 |
Series
16659 |
| Incorporation Case Files Index, 1987 |
Series
21944
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| Incorporation Case Files Index, 1910 |
Series
21989
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| Incorporation Document Cards (alphabetical), ca.
1871-1986 |
Series
22075
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| Incorporation Case Files Index, 1981 |
Series
23346
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| Secretary of State |
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| Incorporation Index Registers, 1880-1919 |
Series
378 |
| Private Companies Incorporation Record Books, 1884-1919 |
Series
384 |
| Religious Organizations Incorporation Records Book,
1901-1918 |
Series
385 |
| Foreign Companies Incorporation Record Books, 1905-1918 |
Series
386 |
| Articles of Incorporation Amendment Record Books,
1896-1968 |
Series
387 |
| Corporation License Registers, 1907-1920 |
Series
406 |
| Incorporation Document Cards (alphabetical), ca.
1871-1974 |
Series
6189 |
| Building and Loan Association Incorporation Certificate
Record Book, 1890-1892 |
Series
6218
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| Incorporation Document Cards (numerical), 1871-1932 |
Series
21946
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| Incorporation License Tax Notices, 1910-1913 |
Series 312
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| Incorporation Correspondence, 1909-1913 |
Series 325
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| Incorporation Annual Reports, 1962-1966 |
Series 376
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| Incorporation Correspondence, 1960-1971 |
Series 380
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| Incorporation Annual Reports, 1928-1931 |
Series 22044 |
