MA registered agent
Massachusetts. $19 a year. Final markdown.
Massachusetts 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
... and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding may be served so long as any liability incurred in the commonwealth while it was doing business shall remain outstanding.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 15.10(b)-(d); see also c. 156C, § 54(b)
What Massachusetts 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
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under section 14.21 to dissolve a corporation administratively if: (a) the corporation has failed to comply with the provisions of law requiring the filing of reports with the secretary of state or the filing of any tax returns or the payment of any taxes under chapter 62C or chapter 63 of the General Laws for 2 or more consecutive years; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 14.20; procedure § 14.21
Courthouse: closed to you
... of state for filing the certificate required by section 15.03 shall not maintain a proceeding in any court in the commonwealth until the certificate is delivered and filed.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 15.02(a)
Penalty, priced
A foreign limited liability company doing business in the commonwealth which fails to register with the state secretary shall, for each year that such failure shall continue, be fined not more than five hundred dollars. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156C, § 54(a)
The Massachusetts annual report. Also reduced.
Massachusetts 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
$500 a year. Marked.
... report required by subsection (c) shall be five hundred dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MGL c.156C s.12(d)
Yearly, corporation
$125 a year. Marked.
... $150 if not filed timely ($100 if filed electronically)
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division Filing Fees - Domestic Profit and Professional Corporations
What the tag says in Massachusetts
The tag
Straight off the Massachusetts code:
Each corporation shall continuously maintain in the commonwealth: (1) a registered office that may, but need not be, the same as any of its places of business; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 5.01; see also c. 156C, § 5(2)
The price to come back
The price to come back
... terms and conditions, including the payment of reasonable fees, as in his judgment the public interest may require.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 14.22(c)
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.