VT registered agent
Vermont. $19 a year. Final markdown.
Vermont 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
Vermont keeps its rule for serving an agentless company in another aisle. We did not walk over.
What Vermont 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.
Out-of-state: authority revoked
The Secretary of State shall terminate the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation if: ... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent for service of process or registered office in this State; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(a)(3)-(4)
Out-of-state: authority revoked
The Secretary of State may revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in this State ... if: (1) the company does not: ... (B) appoint and maintain an agent for service of process as required by section 4007 of this title; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4117(a)(1)(B)-(C)
Additional
... of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact or was transacting without authorization business in this State.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(d)
Courthouse: closed to you
... may not maintain a proceeding or raise a counterclaim, crossclaim, or affirmative defense in any court in this State until it obtains a certificate of authority.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.02(a); 11 V.S.A. § 4119(a)(1)
Penalty, priced
A foreign limited liability company that transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority shall be liable to the State for: (1) a civil penalty of $50.00 for each day, not to exceed a total of $10,000.00 for each year, it transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4119(e)(1)-(2)
The Vermont annual report. Also reduced.
Vermont 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
$45 a year. Marked.
Annual report of a domestic limited liability company $45.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4012
Yearly, corporation
$60 a year. Marked.
(17) Annual report of a domestic corporation $60.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(a)(17)
What the tag says in Vermont
The tag
Straight off the Vermont code:
Each corporation must continuously maintain in this State: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 5.01; 11 V.S.A. § 4007
The price to come back
The price to come back
... does not exist, and pays to the Secretary of State a reinstatement fee of $25.00 for each year it is delinquent, the secretary may cancel the termination and prepare a certificate of reinstatement
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(e); 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(d); 11 V.S.A. § 4012(a)(17)
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.