The District wants a street address here, not a P.O. Box. A commercial listing is $150. The report is every two years on April 1.

What the District actually requires

D.C. Code § 29-104.02 is who must keep an agent. A domestic filing entity, a domestic limited liability partnership, and a registered foreign entity shall designate and maintain a registered agent in the District. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 defines the words. A commercial registered agent means a person listed under D.C. Code § 29-104.05. A registered agent means an agent authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand, and it includes both kinds. A noncommercial registered agent means a person that is not a commercial registered agent and is an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in the District as the registered agent of an entity, or an individual who holds the office or other position designated under D.C. Code § 29-104.04(a)(2)(B), or a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar who maintains an office in the District of Columbia. The section does not print the word “resident.” It does not print an age of 18. It does not print “normal business hours.”

D.C. Code § 29-104.04 is the filing. A registered agent filing shall be signed by the entity and state the name of the commercial registered agent, or, if there is none, the name and address of the noncommercial registered agent, or, if the entity designates an officer or employee to accept service of process, the title of the office or other position and the address of the business office of that person. The commercial line and the noncommercial name-and-address line are an affirmation under D.C. Code § 29-102.09 that the agent consented to serve. The office-title line is not inside that affirmation sentence. The Mayor shall make available a daily list of filings that contain a registered agent’s name. The list shall be available for at least 14 calendar days, list the agents in alphabetical order, and state the type of filing and the name of the entity. D.C. Code § 29-104.03 is the address rule. If a provision of this subchapter other than D.C. Code § 29-104.10(a)(4) requires an address, the record shall state a street address in the District and a mailing address in the District if different. The carve-out is the address on a resignation notice, the place the agent will send that notice. The statute does not print “PO Box,” “FedEx,” or “UPS.”

The Corporations Division FAQ, read September 28, 2026, uses the same three noncommercial paths, including the D.C. Bar member with a District office. It says a person or entity who represents more than 50 entities as a registered agent must become a commercial registered agent by filing form RA-1. It says the agent’s address must be a physical street address in the District of Columbia and may not be a PO Box, a third-party mailbox (for example a FedEx or UPS mailbox), or an address outside the District. D.C. Code § 29-104.03 prints a street address in the District. It does not print those mailbox words. Form RA-3, in the combined registered-agent forms, version 5, September 2023, says the registered agent address must be the physical street address within the District of Columbia. We print the statute, the FAQ, and the form. We do not invent a winner. The FAQ says domestic or foreign filing entities may appoint an individual within the organization, and that if a foreign entity is the registered agent it must be registered with the Corporations Division. It does not say every individual must live in the District or be 18. The FAQ’s list of who should have an agent includes limited liability companies, nonprofit and for-profit corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, general and limited cooperative associations, statutory trusts, and trade names. D.C. Code § 29-104.02 names a domestic filing entity, a domestic limited liability partnership, and a registered foreign entity. It does not print the words “trade names.” We print both lists. We do not invent a winner.

D.C. Code § 29-104.05 is how a person becomes a commercial registered agent. The listing statement states the name, or the name, type, and jurisdiction of the entity, that the person is in the business of serving as a commercial registered agent in the District, and the address of a place of business in the District where service of process, notices, and demands may be delivered. The listing may also say the agent will accept service in a form other than a written record, under D.C. Code § 29-104.12(e). If the name is not distinguishable, the person adopts a fictitious name. The Mayor notes the listing on each entity the agent already represents, and that note amends those entities’ agent filings. The all-entities fee page, read September 28, 2026, prices that listing at $150 and a termination of the listing at $150. Form RA-1 says “Refer to Corporate Fee Schedule posted online.” It does not print $150 on its face. It says that if the commercial agent is a filing entity, that entity must be registered to do business in the District. D.C. Code § 29-104.06 says a commercial termination is effective at 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after the day it is delivered to the Mayor for filing. Form RA-2 says the same 12:01 a.m. clock and says “delivered for filing.” Until a new agent is designated, service may be made under D.C. Code § 29-104.12.

D.C. Code § 29-104.07 is the entity’s change. A represented entity may change the information on file by delivering a statement of change signed on behalf of an authorized person. The statement states the name of the entity and the information that is to be in effect. Interest holders or governors need not approve it. Designating a new agent is an affirmation under D.C. Code § 29-102.09 that the agent consented. As an alternative, the entity may amend its most recent registered agent filing in the manner provided by other District law. The current section does not say the statement is effective on delivery. The code’s note on the 2013 amendment says former subsection (d) was repealed. That repealed sentence read: a statement of change under this section shall be effective on delivery to the Mayor for filing. Form RA-3 still says a statement of change shall be effective on delivery of this statement for filing. We print the current statute, the repealed sentence, and the form. We do not invent a winner. The LLC fee page prices “Change of registered agent by entity” at $50 and “Change of name or address by noncommercial registered agent” at $50. The nonprofit fee page prices the entity’s change at $40 and the noncommercial name-or-address change at $40. We do not say every entity is $50. A noncommercial agent who changes its own name, address, type, or jurisdiction files under D.C. Code § 29-104.08, one statement for each entity, signed by the agent, and must notify the entity. The section we read does not print an effective-date sentence. Form RA-4 says the statement takes effect on delivery. A commercial agent who changes its own information files one statement under D.C. Code § 29-104.09. The all-entities page prices a change of name, address, type, or jurisdiction by a commercial agent at $10 per entity when the change covers all entities represented. For a single entity, that page says the fee corresponds to the statement-of-change fee in the rest of the chapter. The FAQ calls the commercial paper form RA-5 and says it is a blanket statement with a lower fee per entity. Form RA-5 refers to the fee schedule. It does not print $10 on its face.

Resignation is not the $50 change. D.C. Code § 29-104.10 says a registered agent may resign by delivering a statement of resignation. It states the name of the entity, the name of the agent, that the agent resigns, and the address of the entity to which the agent will send notice. It is effective on the earlier of the 31st day after the day on which it is filed by the Mayor or the designation of a new registered agent. The agent may resign whether or not the entity is in good standing. The all-entities page prices resignation at no fee. Form RA-6 prints the filing fee as None. The form says the resignation is effective on the earlier of the 31st day after the day on which it is delivered for filing or the appointment of a new registered agent. The statute says “filed by the Mayor” and “designation.” The form says “delivered for filing” and “appointment.” The 2013 note on the statute says the law was changed from the form’s older words to the words now in the section. We print both. We do not invent a winner. D.C. Code § 29-104.11 is a different filing. A nonregistered foreign entity or a domestic nonfiling entity may designate an agent. That statement is effective on filing for 5 years. It must be signed by a person authorized to manage the entity’s affairs and by the designated agent. It does not register the foreign entity to do business. The all-entities page prices that appointment or cancellation at $150. That $150 is not the LLC’s $50 change.

The biennial report is a different paper. Say it once so the dollars do not get mixed up with the agent’s job. D.C. Code § 29-102.11 says each domestic filing entity, each domestic limited liability partnership, and each registered foreign entity shall deliver a biennial report for the Mayor. The report sets forth the name and jurisdiction, the name and street and mailing address of the registered agent in the District, the street and mailing address of the principal office, the name of at least one governor, and, for a registered foreign entity, a statement that it is in good standing. Reports filed on or after January 1, 2020, also include beneficial-owner information the section describes. The first report is delivered by April 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the public organic record became effective, the limited liability partnership’s statement of qualification became effective, or the foreign entity registered. Later reports are delivered by April 1 of each second calendar year after that. If the filed report’s registered-agent name or address differs from the Mayor’s records, that differing information is considered a statement of change under D.C. Code § 29-104.07, D.C. Code § 29-104.08, or D.C. Code § 29-104.09. The FAQ says the report updates the address, the registered agent, the purpose, and beneficial owners. The entity can also file a statement of change. We print the statute’s “is considered a statement of change” sentence and the FAQ’s update sentence. We do not treat the report as the job of taking the lawsuit. The LLC fee page prices a domestic and foreign LLC biennial report at $300 and a late fee at $100. The nonprofit fee page prices a biennial report at $80 and a late fee at $50. Those dollars are not the $50 or $40 change. The LLC page also prices a certificate of organization at $99, an amendment or restatement at $220, reinstatement after administrative dissolution at $300, and a foreign registration statement at $220. D.C. Code § 29-106.03 says a reinstated entity pays all fees and penalties that were due at dissolution and all fees and penalties that would have been due while it was dissolved. The LLC schedule prints $300. We print both. We do not invent a winner.

The FAQ says an entity’s status may be revoked if it fails to maintain a registered agent for more than 60 days. The word on the FAQ is “revoked.” D.C. Code § 29-106.01 is the domestic list. The Mayor may start a proceeding to dissolve a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not pay a fee or penalty within 5 months after it is due, does not deliver a biennial report within 5 months after it is due, or does not have a registered agent in the District for 60 days. D.C. Code § 29-106.02 says the Mayor serves notice, and if the entity does not cure each ground within 60 days after service, the Mayor dissolves it administratively. The entity continues to exist only to wind up. The administrative dissolution does not terminate the authority of its registered agent. D.C. Code § 29-105.11 is the foreign registration. The Mayor may terminate it if the entity does not pay a fee or penalty within 60 days after the due date, does not deliver the biennial report within 60 days after the due date, does not have a registered agent as required by D.C. Code § 29-104.02, or does not deliver a statement of change under D.C. Code § 29-104.07 within 30 days after a change in the agent’s name or address. The missing-agent ground on that foreign list does not say “for 60 days.” The notice’s effective date must be at least 60 days after the Mayor delivers the copy, and the entity can cure before that date. We print the FAQ’s “revoked” and “more than 60 days,” the domestic 60 days plus notice plus 60 days to cure, the domestic 5-month fee and report grounds, and the foreign 60-day fee and report grounds with a missing-agent ground that does not say “for 60 days.” We do not invent a winner.

D.C. Code § 29-104.12 is how papers are handed over. A represented entity may be served by serving its registered agent. If the entity ceases to have a registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by a similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the principal office shown in the most recent biennial report filed by the Mayor. Service is effective on the earliest of the date the entity receives the mail or delivery, the date shown on the return receipt if signed by the entity, or five days after deposit if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage. If process cannot be served on the agent, it may also be served on an officer or managing agent of the entity if that person is not a plaintiff. If the entity has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found, and the person seeking service submits a declaration under penalty of making false statements that the agent cannot be found, the Mayor is an agent. Service on the Mayor is by delivering or leaving duplicate copies with the Mayor or a designee. The Mayor forwards one copy by registered or certified mail to the principal office or the last known address. D.C. Code § 29-104.13 says the only duties under this subchapter are to forward process, notice, or demand to the address the entity most recently supplied, to provide the notices required by this title, and to keep the filed agent information current. Those are court papers and official notices. They are not a mailbox. The section does not print a clock. The FAQ adds trade-name renewal notices under Title 47, Chapter 28, and other government correspondence. We print the statute’s list and the FAQ’s longer list. We do not invent a winner. D.C. Code § 29-104.14 says keeping an agent in the District does not by itself create personal jurisdiction. The FAQ says the Superintendent of Corporations is designated to accept service of process on the Mayor’s behalf under Mayor’s Order 2009-65, dated April 24, 2009. It says that if an agent is on record, that agent should be attempted first. It says service can be mailed or delivered to the Superintendent, who may act for a corporation, LLC, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership if the company failed to appoint or maintain an agent, the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found, or the company is not registered but is operating in the District. The all-entities page prices service of process, notice, or demand on an entity at $50. That $50 is the service dollar. It is not the LLC’s $50 change of agent.

The forms, version 5, September 2023, tell you to mail them to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division, PO Box 712300, Philadelphia, PA 19171-2300, phone (202) 442-4432. They still say to file online at the CorpOnline site, https://corponline.dlcp.dc.gov. That address redirected to boss.dc.gov when we opened it on September 28, 2026. The FAQ says BOSS, formerly CorpOnline, and tells you to go to boss.dc.gov. The FAQ’s “Business Filings Search” words do not print a separate web address. We do not treat a /search path on that site as a confirmed official search URL. The forms cite D.C. Code § 22-2405. We did not reprint the penalty. The Philadelphia post office box is the division’s mail-in address. It is not a registered-agent street. The form still says the agent address must be a physical street in the District. The in-person office on the FAQ and the fee-page footer is 1100 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024, phone (202) 671-4500, TTY 711. The fee-page footer email decodes to dlcp@dc.gov. The FAQ page decodes to dlcp@dc.gov and DLCPcs@dc.gov. Office hours on those footers are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In-person service stops accepting visitors at 4 p.m. Those hours are office contacts. They are not a statutory agent clock. The FAQ says non-expedited online filings are processed within 5 business days, with an added $50 for 3-day service and an added $100 for 1-day service by the end of the next business day. The fee hub says expedited same-day service is $100 and expedited 3-day service is $50, in addition to other fees, and that the fees went into effect January 1, 2012. It says expedited service may be limited for mail-in filings. We print “1-day,” “by the end of the next business day,” and “same-day.” We do not invent a winner.

Northwest’s District of Columbia page, retrieved September 28, 2026, prints “$125 Per Year.” It says the company has offices in every state and a Washington DC registered office. It does not print a street number or a ZIP. It says you can serve yourself for $0, and that your name and address then become public. It says you can list their address for the addresses on the filing. It says they accept service during normal business hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and five days a week if you serve yourself. D.C. Code § 29-104.13 does not print a clock. One sentence on the page says “the Washington DC Secretary.” Other sentences name the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection and say that office will reject a filing with no agent. D.C. Code § 29-104.02 says the listed entities shall designate and maintain an agent. It does not print “reject.” The page says Northwest will pay and file the change and will cover the fees. It does not print $50. The LLC fee page prints $50. The page also sells business-address mail scanning, with five free scans of regular business mail and then $15 a document. That add-on is a different product. We do not grade it as the registered-agent job. The page mentions an FCC form. We do not grade that form as this filing.

Bizee’s Washington, D.C. page says the filing fee is $99 for domestic LLC articles of organization. The LLC fee page matches $99 for a certificate of organization. The page says processing time is “3 Weeks.” The FAQ says non-expedited online filings are processed within 5 business days. The page names the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division. It says the annual report is due April 1 each year, and it puts “biennial report for LLCs” in the same fact. D.C. Code § 29-102.11 says April 1 of the following year, then every second calendar year. We print both. We do not treat “each year” as the statute. The page also prints a sentence about franchise tax and an 8.25 percent corporate income tax rate. We do not grade that tax sentence. It says an individual must be at least 18, a bona fide resident of Washington, D.C., with a physical street and no P.O. boxes, and available during normal business hours, and that a business entity must be authorized to do business in the District, keep a physical office, and staff it during normal business hours. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 does not print an age of 18 or a rule that every individual must live in the District. It does print the D.C. Bar office path and the office-holder path. The page says a change after formation uses a “Registered Agent Change form (RA-1/7).” The combined PDF is forms RA-1 through RA-7. RA-1 is the commercial listing. RA-3 is the entity’s statement of change under D.C. Code § 29-104.07. We print both labels. We do not invent a winner. The page says the division can administratively dissolve or revoke the company if there is no valid agent. It does not print the notice and the 60-day cure, and it does not print the FAQ’s “more than 60 days.” It names no District street. The contact page lists 17350 State Highway 249, Suite 220, Houston, TX 77064. That address is not a District registered-agent address. Support hours on the contact page are not registered-office hours. The District page does not print $149.

LegalZoom’s District of Columbia article, retrieved September 28, 2026, says the address must be a physical street in the District, during normal business hours, that any adult over 18 may serve, that P.O. boxes do not qualify, that Maryland and Virginia addresses do not qualify, and that more than 50 entities must file form RA-1. The 50-entity line matches the FAQ. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 does not print an age of 18. The article says you must be available 9 to 5 every weekday. D.C. Code § 29-104.13 does not print a clock. It says the change is form RA-3, a statement of change of registered office or registered agent, at $40 for nonprofits and $50 for all other entities. The nonprofit page prints $40. The LLC page prints $50. We print both schedules. We do not say the $40 is the only nonprofit number and then invent a dollar for every other entity type beyond those two pages. It says you file online through CorpOnline. The FAQ now says BOSS, formerly CorpOnline. It says expedited service is 3-day for an added $50 or same-day for an added $100. The FAQ says 1-day service by the end of the next business day for the $100. The fee hub says same-day. We print all three labels. The article says the change takes effect as soon as the division receives the filing. Form RA-3 says effective on delivery. The statute repealed that sentence. We print all three. It says a domestic LLC filing fee is $99 and that listing the agent on the articles has no separate fee. It says online filing is typically about 5 business days and mail is 2 to 4 weeks plus transit. It says the biennial report is form BRA-25 every two years. It says the division sends a courtesy reminder in February, by email only, to the registered agent. We did not find that February sentence on the FAQ we read. We print it as LegalZoom’s sentence. It says a virtual office suite or a mailbox service does not qualify. It publishes no LegalZoom city and no LegalZoom street. The article does not print $249.

ZenBusiness’s District of Columbia registered-agent page, last updated September 17, 2026, and retrieved September 28, 2026, prints “Starts at $99 + DC state fees for the first year. Renews at $199/yr, subject to change.” It says the agent needs a physical address and must be present during regular business hours. It says the change is a statement of change of registered agent with the Corporations Division, and that for most business entities the form costs $50, or $40 for nonprofits. Those two dollars match the LLC page and the nonprofit page. It says the form is in the District’s registered-agent combined form. It says the new agent must be a D.C. resident or a business authorized to conduct business in the District. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 also includes an office-holder and a D.C. Bar member with a District office, and it does not print “resident” as the only individual path. It says a resignation is a statement of resignation with no filing fee, and that the agent remains on file for 31 days unless a replacement is appointed sooner. D.C. Code § 29-104.10 says the earlier of the 31st day after the day it is filed by the Mayor or the designation of a new agent. The all-entities page says no fee. We print both clocks. It talks about $100 to a few hundred dollars a year as a market range. That range is not a ZenBusiness price. Its contact block prints 1100 4th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, the same counter hours, and (202) 671-4500. That block is the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection. It is not ZenBusiness. The page publishes no ZenBusiness street. It mentions help filing form BRA-25. That help is not the job of taking the lawsuit.

The public lookup is BOSS. The older CorpOnline address redirects there. Confirm the live line on BOSS before you treat a marketing city as current. The division’s counter is 1100 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. That building is not a vendor suite. The Philadelphia post office box is a mail-in address, not an agent street. The District does not run a Nevada-style ten-company commercial-agent register. The commercial path here is the listing under D.C. Code § 29-104.05. The dollar is $150. We did not print a company’s listing number. A number on a public list is still not a street we visited.

Cited prices, retrieved September 28, 2026

We print what the company’s official registered-agent page said on the retrieval date. Where a District page prints its own price, we print that sentence. We do not invent a renewal.

• Northwest Registered Agent: official page and the District of Columbia product page: “$125 Per Year.” Same price in year two on the national card. Five or more states is $100 a year per state on the national page. The District page does not print $100. Retrieved September 28, 2026 from northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent and the District product page. The page says the office is in Washington, DC, and prints no street number. We will not invent one. The same company also sells extra mail scans: five free scans of regular business mail a year, then $15 a document. Those extras are a different product. We do not grade those extras as the registered-agent job. The page says they will cover the change fee and does not print $50. The LLC fee page prints $50. One sentence says “the Washington DC Secretary.” The filing office is the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection.
• Bizee: official registered-agent page: free first year with formation; standalone $149/year; year two $149/year. Retrieved September 28, 2026 from bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent and the Washington, D.C. product page. That page does not print $149. It prints a $99 filing fee, which matches the LLC certificate of organization. It says “3 Weeks” and “April 1 each year (biennial report for LLCs).” The FAQ says within 5 business days. D.C. Code § 29-102.11 says every second year. The page names no District address. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a District-only price from a missing dollar.
• LegalZoom: official overview: “$249/year.” The footnote says the service auto-renews at the purchase rate until you cancel, the renewal rate is subject to change, and the purchase price is for a first-time registered-agent customer. We do not invent a year-two number LegalZoom did not print. Retrieved September 28, 2026 from legalzoom.com/…/registered-agent-overview.html and the District of Columbia article. The article does not print $249. It prints a $40 nonprofit change and a $50 change for other entities, which matches the two fee pages we read. It publishes no LegalZoom city and no LegalZoom address. The overview talks about documents scanned and uploaded. That is the court-paper path on the national card. It is not a District address.
• ZenBusiness: the District of Columbia registered-agent page, retrieved September 28, 2026, and last updated September 17, 2026, prints $99 plus D.C. state fees for the first year and a renewal at $199 a year, subject to change. The national registered-agent page prints the same pair. The District page prints a $50 change and a $40 nonprofit change. Those dollars match the LLC page and the nonprofit page. It prints a resignation with no fee. The all-entities page matches the no-fee line. It publishes no ZenBusiness address. Its contact block prints 1100 4th Street SW. That line is the Corporations Division.

A change of agent is a separate filing with the Mayor. The LLC fee page prices the entity’s change at $50. The nonprofit fee page prices it at $40. Northwest’s product page does not print $50. Bizee’s product page does not print $50 or $40. LegalZoom’s article and ZenBusiness’s page print $40 and $50. The biennial report can sit next to the agent on the public record, and a differing agent line is treated as a statement of change. The report is still not the job of taking the lawsuit. The $300 LLC report and the $80 nonprofit report are not this change. The $50 service-of-process line on the all-entities page is not this change either.

Who publishes a District address

A city is not a registered office. We print only the addresses the companies publish for registered-agent use. We do not invent the rest. Confirm the live name and address on BOSS before you file. Headquarters is not the registered-agent address. The counter at 1100 4th Street SW is not a vendor suite. We did not pull a live search row on September 28, 2026. A city on a marketing page is still vendor-claimed until that search shows it.

• Northwest. The District product page says the office is in Washington, DC, and that scans happen there. It does not print a street number or a ZIP. We will not invent a Washington number, and we do not treat 1100 4th Street SW as their office. Northwest also sells extra mail scans. Those extras are a different product. The city is vendor-claimed. Use BOSS for the name on your own filing.
• Bizee. Claims owned offices in all 50 states. The official registered-agent page names no District address. The live Washington, D.C. product page names no District address. The contact page lists 17350 State Highway 249, Suite 220, Houston, TX 77064 as headquarters. That address is not a District registered-agent address.
• LegalZoom. The District article is a live page. It publishes no LegalZoom city and no LegalZoom address. The official overview publishes no LegalZoom city and no LegalZoom address. We do not invent a Southwest suite. We do not treat a LegalZoom virtual-mail address as the registered-agent address.
• ZenBusiness. The District registered-agent page publishes no ZenBusiness address or city. It prints a department contact at 1100 4th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024. That line is the Corporations Division. It is not ZenBusiness. We do not treat that building as their registered office.

If you are your own agent, the address on the public record is often your home. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 lets an individual who is not on the commercial list serve as a noncommercial agent, and it also lets a D.C. Bar member with a District office serve. The statute does not print “must live in the District” for every individual. D.C. Code § 29-104.03 still wants a street address in the District, and a mailing address in the District if it differs. The FAQ adds the PO Box ban and the FedEx and UPS mailbox ban. Northwest, Bizee, ZenBusiness, and LegalZoom say you can serve yourself. A commercial mailbox is a sentence we found on the FAQ and on vendor pages. The statute prints a street address, not the words “PO Box.” If you hire a company, the agent line has to fit D.C. Code § 29-104.04 or the commercial list. Northwest’s product page names Washington, DC, and prints no street number. Bizee publishes no District address. LegalZoom publishes no city and no address. ZenBusiness publishes a department contact, not a ZenBusiness suite. We label every published city vendor-claimed. Use BOSS. Process Score has not been to those offices.

The $50 change and the April 1 biennial report

A District filing entity keeps a registered agent under D.C. Code § 29-104.02. The filing states a commercial agent’s name, or a noncommercial agent’s name and address, or the title of an office. The address is a street in the District, plus a District mailing address if different. The FAQ and form RA-3 also say the street is a physical street, and the FAQ says it may not be a PO Box or a FedEx or UPS mailbox. The commercial listing is $150. The LLC’s statement of change by the entity is $50. The nonprofit’s is $40. The current change statute does not say the filing is effective on delivery. Form RA-3 still prints that sentence, and the code note says the 2013 law repealed it. The biennial report, form BRA-25, is due April 1 of the year after formation, then every second year. If the agent line on that report differs from the Mayor’s records, the statute treats the difference as a statement of change. The report is still not the job of taking the lawsuit. An LLC report is $300, with a $100 late fee. A nonprofit report is $80, with a $50 late fee. If a domestic company has no agent for 60 days, D.C. Code § 29-106.01 can start, and D.C. Code § 29-106.02 then gives notice and 60 days to cure before an administrative dissolution. The FAQ says “revoked” after more than 60 days and does not print that extra cure step. A missed domestic report is 5 months, not 60 days. A foreign registration uses 60 days for a late fee or a late report, and its missing-agent ground does not say “for 60 days.” Northwest’s product page claims Washington, DC, and prints no street number. LegalZoom’s article prints $40 and $50 and no LegalZoom address. ZenBusiness prints $99 and $199 and the division’s building, not a ZenBusiness suite. Bizee names no District address and prints an “each year” sentence the statute does not print. We do not treat a company hours line as D.C. Code § 29-104.13.

Service of process, not marketing mail

We grade scan-and-forward of service of process and official notices:

• Bizee: notifications by text and email; court papers mailed via FedEx with tracking; portal upload by employees. The District page talks about a physical address and does not print a District address. Contact-page support hours are Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central Time. Those are support hours, not registered-office hours. The “3 Weeks” line sits next to Bizee’s filing-time fact. It is not the FAQ’s “within 5 business days.”
• Northwest: “We scan every document you receive right where you receive it—in our office.” The District page adds scans at the Washington office and does not print a street number. Their extra mail-scan product is a different product. We do not grade those extras as a mailbox.
• LegalZoom: upload, email, and alerts for important mail on the national overview. The District article is a live page and still publishes no LegalZoom address. Junk-mail handling on the overview is not the job we score. An age of 18 on the article is not D.C. Code § 29-101.02.
• ZenBusiness: scan and upload to a dashboard; email; overnight the original for urgent legal notices. Their own FAQ says you cannot use the agent address as your business address. Their national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits; that is their exclusion, not a District statute. The District page prints a department contact. That line is not D.C. Code § 29-104.04.

Home-address privacy

Naming a commercial agent is how many District owners keep a home off the agent line. The Mayor still publishes the agent name and address. The FAQ treats the filings as public record. Privacy of the agent line is not privacy of every field. The biennial report still asks for a principal office. A blank line is not the same thing as a private line. Confirm the live line on BOSS.

Scorecards

What this page does not do

• It does not rank mailbox networks or virtual offices.
• It does not publish combined star ratings or a fake 4.8.
• It does not treat a company hours line as D.C. Code § 29-104.13.
• It does not treat the biennial report, or the $300 LLC report, as the registered-agent job. The job is taking court papers.
• It does not call this office a Secretary of State. The filing office is the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, Corporations Division. The statute names the Mayor. The FAQ names the Superintendent of Corporations.
• It does not treat Northwest’s “Washington DC Secretary” sentence as the name of the office.
• It does not use one name for the two agents. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 says commercial registered agent and noncommercial registered agent. The noncommercial path includes a D.C. Bar member with a District office.
• It does not move the office-holder line out of D.C. Code § 29-104.04. The affirmation of consent in that section covers the commercial line and the noncommercial name-and-address line.
• It does not treat the FAQ’s PO Box, FedEx, and UPS mailbox ban as a sentence in D.C. Code § 29-104.03. The FAQ prints it. The statute prints a street address in the District. Form RA-3 prints a physical street address.
• It does not treat the FAQ’s trade-name list as the whole of D.C. Code § 29-104.02.
• It does not treat the FAQ’s extra duties, including trade-name renewal notices, as the whole of D.C. Code § 29-104.13.
• It does not invent an age of 18 or a rule that every individual must live in the District. Bizee and LegalZoom print 18. D.C. Code § 29-101.02 does not.
• It does not treat ZenBusiness’s “D.C. resident” sentence as the only path in D.C. Code § 29-101.02.
• It does not invent a winner between the current D.C. Code § 29-104.07, which does not say the change is effective on delivery, the repealed 2013 sentence, form RA-3, and LegalZoom’s “as soon as the division receives it.”
• It does not invent a winner between form RA-4, which says the noncommercial change takes effect on delivery, and D.C. Code § 29-104.08, which does not print that sentence.
• It does not invent a winner between D.C. Code § 29-104.10, which says the 31st day after the day the Mayor files it or a new designation, form RA-6, which says delivered for filing or an appointment, and ZenBusiness, which says 31 days unless a replacement is appointed sooner.
• It does not invent a winner between “no fee” on the all-entities page and “None” on form RA-6.
• It does not say every entity’s change is $50. The LLC page prints $50. The nonprofit page prints $40.
• It does not treat the $50 service line on the all-entities page as the LLC change of agent.
• It does not treat the $300 LLC biennial report, or the $80 nonprofit report, as the $50 or $40 change.
• It does not treat a differing agent line on the biennial report as “only a report.” D.C. Code § 29-102.11 says that difference is a statement of change. The report is still not the lawsuit job.
• It does not collapse the FAQ’s “revoked” after more than 60 days, the domestic 60 days without an agent plus notice plus 60 days to cure, the domestic 5-month fee and report grounds, and the foreign grounds in D.C. Code § 29-105.11.
• It does not move the foreign missing-agent ground onto a “for 60 days” sentence. D.C. Code § 29-105.11 does not print those words on that ground. It does print 30 days to file a statement of change after the agent’s name or address changes.
• It does not say an administrative dissolution ends the agent’s authority. D.C. Code § 29-106.02 says it does not.
• It does not invent a winner between the FAQ’s 1-day expedite, by the end of the next business day, and the fee hub’s same-day label. Both print $100. Both print $50 for 3-day service.
• It does not treat Bizee’s “3 Weeks” line as the FAQ’s “within 5 business days.”
• It does not treat Bizee’s “April 1 each year” as D.C. Code § 29-102.11.
• It does not treat Bizee’s “RA-1/7” label as a decision between form RA-1, the commercial listing, and form RA-3, the entity’s change.
• It does not invent a Bizee change dollar. The product page does not print $50 or $40.
• It does not invent a Northwest change dollar. The product page does not print $50.
• It does not treat a Houston headquarters as a District address.
• It does not treat 1100 4th Street SW as a vendor suite. That contact is the Corporations Division.
• It does not treat PO Box 712300, Philadelphia, PA 19171-2300, as a registered-agent street. That is the division’s mail-in address on the 2023 forms.
• It does not invent a winner between phone (202) 671-4500 on the live footer and phone (202) 442-4432 on the 2023 forms.
• It does not treat the old CorpOnline address as a second live system. It redirects to BOSS. The forms still print the old address.
• It does not invent a District-only price a company did not print. Bizee’s page does not print $149. LegalZoom’s article does not print $249.
• It does not invent a Washington street number, a Southwest vendor suite, or a LegalZoom address the pages did not print.
• It does not pretend a District limited liability company may skip the agent. D.C. Code § 29-104.02 says a domestic filing entity shall designate and maintain one.
• It does not treat Northwest’s extra mail-scan product, or its FCC form sentence, as the registered-agent job.
• It does not treat ZenBusiness’s exclusion of PLLCs and nonprofits as a District statute.
• It does not treat ZenBusiness’s market range as ZenBusiness’s price.
• It does not treat the $99 certificate of organization, or the $300 reinstatement line, as the agent’s job. D.C. Code § 29-106.03 still says the entity pays the fees and penalties that were due.
• It does not score District tax filings. Bizee’s franchise-tax sentence is not this filing, and the biennial report is not this filing.
• It does not reprint the penalty on the forms’ cite to D.C. Code § 22-2405.

Choosing among being the agent yourself, asking a lawyer, or hiring a commercial agent: DIY vs lawyer vs commercial. Maryland’s resident agent is a different office: Maryland scorecard. Virginia’s registered agent is a different street rule: Virginia scorecard. Alaska’s filing office is also a division, not a Secretary of State: Alaska scorecard. South Dakota’s commercial listing is a different dollar under the Model Act: South Dakota scorecard.