Why Do I Need a Registered Agent?
- Every company is required by statutory mandate to have a physical address in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated in.
- The state will penalize a company for failure to maintain a Registered (or Resident) Agent by dissolving the administration and causing the business to cease existing.
When Do I Need a Registered Agent?
- At the time that you form your company.
- As you expand your business into other states, you are required to qualify your activities and appoint a Registered Agent in each new state.
What Are My Registered Agent Options?
- If you elect to provide a street address for your company within the state where your company
was incorporated, you are legally able to designate yourself as the company’s registered agent. - Many entrepreneurs prefer to engage the professional services of a Registered Agent Provider.
Please see below to learn more about this option.
7 Reasons to Use a Registered Agent Service Provider:
1 - Spend your time on building your business while your Registered Agent helps enforce your compliance requirements.
- Your Registered Agent should make sure you get all of your documents submitted to the state in a timely manner.
2 - Having a trusted Registered Agent will provide you the compliance expertise and convenience you need to develop your business.
3 - If your business is home-based.
- If you act as your own Registered Agent, you may receive excessive amounts of junk mail to your home address.
4 - If you don’t maintain normal business hours and/or travel frequently.
- The Registered Agent has to maintain normal business hours so that important documents can be signed for when they are delivered. If you travel often or work unusual hours, don’t risk missing important legal notifications!
5 - Your address is likely to change, you use a P.O. Box as your business address, or you do not have a permanent worksite.
- A Registered Agent is responsible for maintaining a current address on record with the state. A P.O. Box does not legally qualify as a physical address, and changing the address often requires formal state filings and additional fees.
6 - If you are incorporating in a state other than where your business is located.
- For example, many businesses are registered in Delaware and Nevada because of their favorable corporate laws, yet the company owners do not reside in those states.
7 - Your company does business in several states.
- You need a Registered Agent for each state in which your company is legally authorized to do business. Avoid hiring multiple Registered Agent services for each state you do business in by selecting a national Registered Agent who is active in all 50 states.
To learn more about how to optimize your new company and make the right decision about Registered Agent service, please email info@incplan.net or call (800) 462-4633. International clients are encouraged to call (302) 428-1200.
