DC registered agent
District of Columbia. $19 a year. Final markdown.
District of Columbia 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
... the entity may be served ... the Mayor shall immediately cause one of the copies to be forwarded by registered or certified mail to the entity at its principal office or at its last known address.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-104.12(b), (d)
What District of Columbia 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
... a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent in the District for 60 days.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.01(3); sec. 29-106.02(b)
Out-of-state: authority revoked
The Mayor may terminate the registration of a registered foreign entity in the manner provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent as required by § 29-104.02; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.11(a)(3)-(4)
Penalty, priced
... 2, may impose civil fines and penalties pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2, on any person who: ... (5) Fails to designate and maintain a registered agent as required by this title.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.06(a)(5)
Courthouse: closed to you
... business in the District may not maintain an action or proceeding in the District unless it is registered to do business in the District.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.02(b)
The District of Columbia annual report. Also reduced.
District of Columbia 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
$300 a year. Marked.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Limited Liability Company'
Yearly, corporation
$300 a year. Marked.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Business Corporation'
What the tag says in District of Columbia
The tag
Straight off the District of Columbia code:
“Noncommercial registered agent” means a person that is not a commercial registered agent and is: (A) An individual or domestic or foreign entity that serves in the District as the registered agent of an entity; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.02(28); sec. 29-104.02; sec. 29-104.03
The price to come back
The price to come back
... at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees and penalties that would have been due to the Mayor while the entity was dissolved administratively.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.03(b)
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.