In every state, a registered agent is required for any corporation, LLC or other entity. A registered agent is a person or entity which has a street address (cannot be a post office box) in the state of filing who can accept service of legal papers for the entity or who receives important documents or mail on behalf of the corporation from the state Corporate Filing Office.
The purpose is simply to designate a person or business on the records of the secretary of state as the responsible party to receive information, legal papers, documents, etc., on behalf of the entity. The registered agent is most commonly the person who is forming the new entity. There are companies that act as registered agents and can be used for this purpose, but they charge annual fees ranging from $100 up to $300.
Larger companies who must register in many different states as a foreign corporation doing business in that state, often use one of the larger national registered agent companies for that purpose. A company, although more expensive, can be helpful if you are gone a lot or if you don’t have a physical address to receive legal service or mail.
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