The Basics
Why a Registered Agent
If you own an LLC or corporation, every state requires a registered agent. Here is what the role is and what a professional one gets you.
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Privacy on the Public Record
Your agent’s name and address appear on the registered-agent line of your state record, instead of your own address. Other addresses on your filings, such as a business or mailing address, can still be public.
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Someone There During Business Hours
Your agent’s office is staffed during regular business hours to receive official mail and legal papers, so you don’t have to be at one address from nine to five.
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Nothing Missed
Official mail and legal papers are received by your agent, scanned, and sent to you by email.
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One Provider for All 50 States + DC
If your business operates in more than one state, one provider covers all of them, with one renewal per entity, per state.
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A Price That Stays Put
A flat $125 a year per entity, per state. Renewal is the same $125, and nothing is added at renewal.
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Filing Help, If You Want It
Deadline tracking and done-for-you report filing. Included for California clients; an optional service in other states.
Being Your Own Agent
A business owner can often serve as their own agent if they have a physical address in the state and can be there during business hours. The tradeoffs: that address goes on the public record, someone has to be available to accept papers every business day, and the state record has to be updated if you move.
With us, it’s $125 a year per entity, per state, the same in every state and at renewal.