Highlight In Legal Washington Registered Agent Forms For Free

Ongoing Fees If you hire a Registered Agent Service, you'll pay an annual fee each year. A Registered Agent Service usually costs about $125 per year. LLCs are also required to file an Annual Report. Every Washington business must pay this $60 filing fee every year.

The Registered Agent can be a person or a company. If the Registered Agent is a person, they must be over 18 years old and have a physical address in Washington.

A Washington registered agent is simply an individual or business that you designate to accept service of process (notice of a lawsuit) on behalf of your business. A Washington registered agent maintains a physical address in the state where a process server can deliver official documents during regular business hours.

A person or a business may be listed as a commercial registered agent by filing a Commercial Listing Statement with the agent's name, physical address located in Washington State, and an email address.

Remember, if you act as your own registered agent, you must be a resident of the state of Washington with a physical street address where official documents and service of process can be delivered. You must also maintain regular business hours at that address.

Yes, a Washington Registered Agent is necessary. State law requires someone to be available to accept Service of Process for your LLC. You must list a Registered Agent on your LLC paperwork. And then you must continuously maintain (keep) one on file with the state as long as your LLC exists.