States

Twenty-three Corporation Commissions, secretaries of state, and LARA, not fifty microsites

These are the jurisdictions where we found a mailbox sentence, a published change fee, or — in New York — a statutory-agent rule that makes a commercial RA optional, or — in Delaware — a statutory virtual-office ban plus a flat annual tax, or — in Illinois — a continuous street-address office with a separate $25 change filing and $75 anniversary-month annual report, or — in Georgia — a shared April 1 annual-registration clock plus a $30 amended annual registration for mid-cycle agent changes, or — in North Carolina — a physical registered office, a $5 BE-06 change, and a $200 annual report on a shared April 15 clock, or — in Pennsylvania — a registered office (not a registered agent) with CROP under §109, a $5 change filing, and a $7 annual report on a September 30 LLC clock, or — in New Jersey — a continuous office and agent under §42:2C-14 with street and mailing addresses, a $25 DORES change filing, and a $75 annual report on the last day of the formation month, or — in Arizona — a statutory agent under §29-3115 with street and mailing addresses on the articles, a $5 L020 change filing, no LLC annual report at the Corporation Commission, and a sixty-day no-agent path to administrative dissolution, or — in Washington — a commercial versus noncommercial registered-agent split under Article 4 of chapter 23.95, a physical street address (no PO Box or PMB alone), a published No Fee change of agent / office, and a $70 annual report on the last day of the formation month, or — in Colorado — continuous registered-agent duty under C.R.S. §7-90-701, July 1, 2025 individual ID/residency verification under HB24-1137, a physical street address (no commercial or P.O. Box alone), a $10 statement of change, and a $25 periodic report on the entity’s report-month clock, or, in Ohio, a statutory agent under ORC §1706.09 whose usual place of business cannot be a PO box even with a street address, a $25 Form 521 update, and no LLC annual report to refresh the agent line, or, in Virginia, a $0 LLC1016 statement of change, a narrow who-may-serve list under Va. Code §13.1-1015, and a $50 annual registration fee whose assessment the SCC mails to the registered agent, or, in Nevada, a $60 statement of change, a staffed-street-address rule under NRS 14.020, and default notices under NRS 86.274 that go to the registered agent, or, in Michigan, a resident agent under MCL 450.4207, a $5 CSCL/CD-520 change, and a $25 February 15 annual statement that LARA mails to the resident agent, with lost good standing and a released name after two missed years, or, in Massachusetts, a resident agent under c. 156C §5, a change filing that is free online but cannot ride on the $500 annual report, and a dissolution notice that goes to the records office after two missed reports, or, in Tennessee, a registered agent under §48-249-109 whose resignation takes effect the day it is filed, a $20 change filing that can also ride on the annual report for the same $20, and a $300-minimum annual report due the first day of the fourth month after the fiscal year ends, or, in Indiana, a free statement of change, a $32 Business Entity Report every other year whose reminders are emailed to the registered agent, and a 60-day no-agent dissolution ground, or, in Missouri, a $10 Corp. 59 change, no LLC annual report at all, and a default rule that makes the Secretary of State your agent and mails any lawsuit to the organizer address on your articles, or, in Maryland, a resident agent who must be a Maryland resident or Maryland entity, a $25 change, a $300 April 15 annual report, and a court rule that lets a plaintiff serve SDAT after two missed attempts on your agent. Vendor prices do not change at the border on this desk — see the cost note.

Texas

BOC §5.201: agent plus office, business hours, mailbox rule. Form 401 $15.

Florida

§605.0113. Change of registered agent $25 (Sunbiz LLC fees).

California

Corp. Code §17701.13. SOI $20; change-only SOI $0. No invented business hours.

Wyoming

Virtual addresses, mail forwarding, PO boxes, UPS, FedEx are not a registered office. Change $5.

New York

Secretary of State is the statutory agent (§301). Extra RA is optional (§302). Change $30 / $5.

Delaware

Physical street address required; virtual office/mail forwarding alone banned (§18-104(e)(2)). Change-only $50. Annual tax $400.

Illinois

Continuous RA + street/number office (§1-35 / §1-5). Change $25. Annual report $75 before anniversary month.

Georgia

Continuous RA + street-address office (§14-11-209). Annual registration $60 by April 1. Amended AR $30 mid-cycle.

North Carolina

Physical registered office (§55D-30 / SOS). Change BE-06 $5. Annual report $200 due April 15.

Pennsylvania

Registered office, not registered agent (§8825 / DOS FAQ). CROP under §109. Change $5. Annual report $7 by Sep 30.

New Jersey

Continuous office + agent (§42:2C-14). Street + mailing addresses. Change $25. Annual report $75 by last day of formation month.

Arizona

Statutory agent (§29-3115). Street + mailing on articles. Change L020 $5. No LLC annual report. 60 days without agent → dissolution path.

Washington

Commercial vs noncommercial RA (RCW 23.95). Physical street address (no PO Box/PMB alone). Change $0. Annual report $70 by last day of formation month.

Colorado

§7-90-701 continuous RA. July 1, 2025 ID/residency verification (HB24-1137). Physical street address (no commercial/PO Box alone). Change $10. Periodic report $25.

Ohio

Statutory agent (ORC §1706.09). PO box excluded even with a street address; no CMRA. Form 521 change $25. No LLC annual report. 30-day notice then cancellation; Form 525A reinstatement $25.

Virginia

Va. Code §13.1-1015: resident member/manager, VA State Bar member, or entity (not itself). No PO box. LLC1016 change $0. SCC mails the $50 annual registration bill to the agent; canceled 3 months after due date.

Nevada

NRS 14.020 / 86.231: agent resides or is located in NV at an actual street address, staffed during business hours unless it is the agent's home. Commercial registration at 10+ entities. Statement of change $60. Annual list $150 + $200 business license; default notices go to the agent.

Michigan

MCL 450.4207: resident agent (Michigan's term) is a MI resident at home or office, or an authorized corporation/LLC; not the LLC itself. No PO box. CSCL/CD-520 change $5. $25 annual statement due Feb 15 is mailed to the agent; two missed years: not in good standing, name released.

Massachusetts

c. 156C §5: resident agent is a MA resident or qualifying corporation; street address only (950 CMR 112.13). Change $0 online, $25 paper. $500 annual report on the formation anniversary cannot carry an agent change; two missed reports: dissolution notice to the records office, then $100 + every owed report.

Tennessee

§48-249-109: agent and office at the same TN street address; no PO box. Change SS-4534 $20, or $20 extra on the annual report. Annual report $50 per member, $300 minimum, due April 1 for calendar-year LLCs. Agent resignation effective on filing.

Indiana

IC 23-0.5-4: agent at an Indiana street address; a business cannot be its own agent; no PO box without a rural route. Statement of change $0 (IC 23-0.5-9-32). Business Entity Report $32 on INBiz every other year; reminders emailed to the agent. Sixty days without an agent: dissolution ground. Reinstatement $30 plus owed reports and tax clearance.

Missouri

RSMo 347.030: agent is a Missouri resident or an authorized corporation, office identical to the registered office; PO box only with a street address. Corp. 59 change $10. No LLC annual report, so nothing refreshes the agent line. No agent: the Secretary becomes your agent and mails process to the organizer address on your articles.

Maryland

Corps. & Ass'ns §1-101(x): resident agent is a Maryland resident or a Maryland corporation, LLC, or LP, so an out-of-state company cannot serve directly. Change $25, signed by the new agent too. $300 Form 1 annual report due April 15 even with no property. After two failed good-faith attempts on separate days, a plaintiff can serve SDAT instead (Rule 2-124(o)).

3-year vendor fees · Agent vs mailbox · Change of agent · Agent in every state? (foreign LLC fees)