CA registered agent
California. $19 a year. Final markdown.
California makes every company on its books name a registered agent with a street address in the state. What the state wants is quoted below. What we supply comes after it. Short section.
Lawsuits, rerouted
Service, rerouted
... be made upon the corporation by delivering by hand to the Secretary of State ... Service in this manner is deemed complete on the 10th day after delivery of the process to the Secretary of State.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 1702(a); accord § 17701.16(c) (LLCs)
What California charges when the agent is us
The state's remedies for a company whose agent does not answer. Quoted. Priced by the state, not by us.
Penalty, priced
If, within 60 days of providing notice of the delinquency, a statement pursuant to Section 1502 has not been filed by the corporation, the Secretary of State shall certify the name of the corporation to the Franchise Tax Board. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 2204(a)-(b)
Additional
... are suspended, except for the purpose of filing an application for exempt status or amending the articles of incorporation as necessary either to perfect that application or to set forth a new name.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 2205(a), (c)
Penalty, priced
... limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company shall be subject to a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 17713.07(b); see § 17713.09
Additional
... company and thereupon, except for the purpose of amending the articles of organization to set forth a new name, the powers, rights, and privileges of the limited liability company are suspended.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 17713.10(c)
The California annual report. Also reduced.
California bills every company yearly to stay on the books. The bill is below. Leaving it on the shelf is a saving, in our sense of the word.
Yearly, LLC
$20 a year. Marked.
... or of a foreign limited liability company pursuant to Section 17702.09 of the Corporations Code: Twenty dollars ($20).
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Gov. Code 12190(k)
Yearly, corporation
$25 a year. Marked.
... (Form SI-200) - initial or annual statement: $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 disclosure fee ... $25.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/be-fee-schedule-062018.pdf
What the tag says in California
The tag
Straight off the California code:
The statement required by subdivision (a) shall also designate, as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, a natural person residing in this state or a corporation that has complied with Section 1505 and whose capacity to act as an agent has not terminated. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 1502(b); accord § 17701.13(c) (LLCs)
The price to come back
incFACTS has not verified the California price to come back. We left that tag blank.
What we supply
Nothing. Marked down from nothing.
Statute text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Codes change. Tags do not.