DE registered agent
Delaware. $19 a year. Final markdown.
Delaware 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
In case the officer whose duty it is to serve legal process cannot by due diligence serve the process in any manner provided for by subsection (a) of this section, it shall be lawful to serve the process against the corporation upon the Secretary of State, and such service shall be as effectual for all intents and purposes as if made in any of the ways provided for in subsection (a) of this section. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 321(b) [effective until Aug. 1, 2026]; see §§ 136(c), 502(d); 6 Del. C. § 18-105(b) (LLCs)
What Delaware 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.
Pulled from the shelf by the state
... to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the Secretary of State shall declare the charter of such corporation forfeited.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Out-of-state: authority revoked
... to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the Secretary of State shall forfeit its authority to do business in this State.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Additional
... the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the certificate of formation of such limited liability company shall be canceled.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 6 Del. C. § 18-104(d); see § 18-104(i)(4)
Penalty, priced
... tax report with the Secretary of State on or before March 1, the corporation shall pay the sum of $200 to be recovered by adding that amount to the franchise tax as herein determined and fixed ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 502(c); see §§ 510, 502(f)
The Delaware annual report. Also reduced.
Delaware 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, corporation
$50 a year. Marked.
... Report for non-exempt domestic corporations the filing fee is $50.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/
What the tag says in Delaware
The tag
Straight off the Delaware code:
... (3) A domestic corporation (other than the corporation itself), a domestic partnership ..., a domestic limited liability company or a domestic statutory trust; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 132(a), (b); accord 6 Del. C. § 18-104(a) (LLCs)
The price to come back
incFACTS has not verified the Delaware 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.