Every corporation and limited liability company is required to have a registered agent. A registered agent must have a physical address within the state the company was registered in. Essentially, a registered agent is where any type of state communications and legal communication can be sent to. Some states call this a “Service of Process” agent.
Many online incorporation services offer registered agent service for free at first because they get a kickback from a registered agent, or they offer it free at first for a few months and then send you a big bill. Many of these sites might be free for 6 months, only to send you a bill within a couple months of hiring them. These bills range from $149 to $385 depending on which website you found. At Speedy, we pay a registered agent service for the first year, and have obtained a guarantee for our clients to never pay over $125 a year for registered agent service. If you’re currently overpaying for your registered agent service, Speedy Incorporation and LLC can process a change for you at an affordable rate and re-assign you with a registered agent service that will only charge $125 a year. Some states will issue a certificate or documentation of the change and others will just make the changes without any receipts for the change. Speedy will provide verification from the state that the change has been made.
Here is a list of States, Change of Agent Forms, Fee and Processing Time:
Alabama: Change of Registered Agent or Registered Office ($25) / 6 Months
Alaska: Statement of Change of Registered Agent or Registered Address ($25) / 4-5 Days
Arizona: Statement of Change ($5 for LLCs, No Fee for Corps) / 3 Weeks
Arkansas: Statement of Change of Registered Agent (No Fee) / 1-2 Weeks
California: Statement of Information ($30) / 3 Weeks
Colorado: Statement of Change Changing the Registered Agent Info ($10) / Immediate (Online Only)
Connecticut: Change of Agent ($50) / 3-5 Days
Delaware: Certificate of Change of Registered Agent ($50) / 10-25 Days
District of Columbia: Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent ($50) / 3 Weeks
Florida: Cover Letter and Statement of Change of Registered Agent ($25 for LLCs, $35 for Corps) / 5-7 Days
Georgia: Annual Registration ($50) / 1 Week
Hawaii: Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Entity ($25) / 4-5 Days Online
Idaho: Statement of Change of Registered Agent, Registered Office or Both ($20) / 3-5 Days
Illinois: Change of Agent ($25) / 2-3 Weeks
Indiana: Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent (No Fee) / 5-7 Days
Iowa: Statement of Change (No Fee) / 1 Week
Kansas: Change of Registered Office or Agent ($35 paper, $30 online) / 5 Days
Kentucky: Statement of Change of Principal Office Address, Registered Agent or Registered Office ($10) / 3-5 Days
Louisiana: Notice of Change of Registered Office and/or Registered Agent ($25) / 1 Week
Maine: Cover Letter and Statement of Appointment or Change ($35) / 2 Weeks
Maryland: Change of Resident Agent ($25) / 8 Weeks
Massachusetts: Statement of Change of Registered Agent ($25) / 3-5 Days
Michigan: Certificate of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent ($5) / 5-7 Days
Minnesota: Notice of Change of Registered Office/Registered Agent ($35) / 1-2 Weeks
Mississippi: Registered Agent/Office Statement of Change ($25 for LLCs, $10 for Corps) / 1 Week
Missouri: Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office ($10) / 1 Week
Montana: Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office (No Fee) / 1 Week
Nebraska: Change of Registered Agent and/or Office ($10 for LLCs, $25 for Corps) / 1-2 Weeks
Nevada: Statement of Change Registered Agent by Represented Entity ($60) / 1-2 Weeks
New Hampshire: Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent ($15) / 1-2 Weeks
New Jersey: Certificate of Change ($25 for LLCs, $15 for Corps) / 4 Weeks
New Mexico: Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent ($20 for LLCs, $25 for Corps) / 4-8 Weeks
New York: Certificate of Change ($30) / 2-4 Weeks
North Carolina: Statement of Change of Registered Office and/or Registered Agent ($5) / 5-7 Days
North Dakota: Commercial or Non Commercial Registered Agent Statement of Change ($10) / 7-10 Days
Ohio: Statutory Agent Update ($25) / 1 Week
Oklahoma: Notice of Change of Registered Office/Registered Agent ($35) / 7-10 Days
Oregon: Change of Registered Agent (No Fee) / 7-10 Days
Pennsylvania: Statement of Change of Registered Office ($70) / 8 Days
Rhode Island: Statement of Change ($20) / 7-10 Days
South Carolina: Notice of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent ($10) / 7-10 Days
South Dakota: Statement of Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent or Both ($10) / 1 Week
Tennessee: Change of Registered Agent/Office ($20) / 4 Days
Texas: Change of Registered Agent/Office ($15) / 1 Week
Utah: Registered Info Change ($15) / 1-2 Weeks
Vermont: Statement of Change of Registered Agent/Office ($25) / 1 Week
Virginia: Statement of Change of Registered Office and/or Registered Agent (No Fee) / 1 Week
Washington: Statement of Change for Registered Agent/Office (No Fee) / 4 Weeks
West Virginia: Application to Appoint or Change Process, Officers and/or Address ($15) / 1 Day
Wisconsin: Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office (No Fee) / 1 Week
Wyoming: Statement of Change by Business Entity (No Fee) / 3-6 Days
Change your registered agent in less than 10 minutes…
