A registered agent is not a virtual mailbox. We do not score mailbox suites, virtual offices, or Google Business Profile eligibility here. Kentucky wants a registered office and a registered agent at the same street. The live RAC form says a post office box is insufficient for that office. If you need scans of catalogs, that is a different product on a different site.
What Kentucky actually requires
In plain language. Kentucky wants a person or company who can be handed court papers at a Kentucky street. That person or company is the registered agent. The agent’s business street must be the same street as the registered office. Naming the agent is not enough if the agent never signed the paper and never sent a written acceptance to the Secretary of State. You also have to give the agent a real person to call. The $15 annual report lists the agent. The postcard cannot change that line. Check the live name on the Business Entity Search before you file.
KRS 14A.4-010 is how Kentucky names the agent today. Each entity and each foreign entity qualified to transact business in this Commonwealth shall continuously maintain in this Commonwealth a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business, and a registered agent. The agent may be an individual who resides in this Commonwealth and whose business address is identical with the registered office, or an entity or foreign entity qualified to transact business in this Commonwealth whose business address is identical with the registered office. That is the live sentence. We print it. We do not invent a shorter one. Unless the registered agent signs the document making the appointment, the appointment of the registered agent or a successor registered agent on whom process may be given is not effective until the agent delivers a statement in writing to the Secretary of State accepting the appointment. Each entity shall provide to its registered agent, and update as needed, the name, business address, and business telephone number of a natural person authorized to receive communications from the registered agent. That person is the communications contact. The agent keeps that information in paper or electronic form. If the entity fails to provide a current communications contact, the registered agent may resign. KRS 14A.4-050 then says the agent’s duties are to forward any service of process, notice, or demand, and to keep that communications-contact file. Kentucky does not post Florida-style 10–noon / 2–4 windows. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as KRS 14A.4-010.
The live forms library lists a Statement of Consent of Registered Agent, form CRA. That is the written-acceptance paper the statute talks about. ZenBusiness’s Kentucky page, last updated September 17, 2026, says the registered agent must sign the document making the appointment or otherwise deliver a statement in writing to the Secretary of State accepting the appointment. That sentence matches the statute we opened. LegalZoom’s Kentucky article, updated May 15, 2026, says the appointment is not effective until the agent delivers a written statement to the Secretary of State accepting the appointment. That article does not print the “unless the agent signs” path. Bizee’s Kentucky page says, unless the registered agent signs the formation document directly, Kentucky law requires your LLC to keep a written record of the agent’s consent. The live statute we opened asks for delivery to the Secretary of State, not only a file in a drawer. We print the statute, the CRA form name, and those three vendor sentences. We do not invent a fifth path that makes them agree.
The live RAC form and a Kentucky Business One Stop guide both say the business being registered cannot be its own registered agent. LegalZoom’s Kentucky article prints the same “cannot serve as its own agent” sentence. KRS 14A.4-010 still lets a qualified entity be the agent when that entity’s business address is identical with the registered office. We print the form, the One Stop guide, LegalZoom’s sentence, and the statute. We do not invent a fifth rule that makes them agree.
KRS 275.025 is what the articles of organization must say. They shall set forth a name that satisfies KRS 14A.3-010; the registered office and initial registered agent that satisfy KRS 14A.4-010; the mailing address of the initial principal office; and a statement that the company is managed by a manager or by its members. Leaving the office or the initial agent unlisted is a rejected filing. The live fee table prices Articles of Organization at $40.00. KRS 275.055 prices the same paper at $40.00. Those two $40 numbers match. Bizee’s Kentucky page names a $40 filing fee. Those three numbers match. That first paper is a first paper. It is not the registered-agent job.
The live RAC form is the street rule. The registered office of the business entity must be in Kentucky and maintain a street address or other specific location — Highway, Rural Route, Building, and the like. A post office box is insufficient for the registered office address. The registered agent’s address must be identical with the registered office. Northwest’s Kentucky page says Kentucky requires a physical street address and that P.O. boxes are not permitted. Bizee’s Kentucky page says a P.O. box does not satisfy Kentucky’s registered office requirement. ZenBusiness’s Kentucky page says the registered office must be a physical street address in Kentucky and not a P.O. box. LegalZoom’s Kentucky article says a P.O. box does not qualify. Those vendor sentences match the RAC line we opened. We print them. We do not invent a shorter one. A P.O. Box is not that street. The live FastTrack portal and the Kentucky Business One Stop portal are how most of those papers are sent.
KRS 14A.4-020 is how the company changes the line after organization. An entity may change its registered office or registered agent or both by delivering a statement of change that sets forth the current office and agent, the new office and agent if those lines change, the new agent’s written consent, and that after the change the street addresses of the registered office and the business office of the registered agent will be identical. The appointment of a new registered agent is effective upon filing of the statement of change. The live fee table prices Statement of Change of Registered Agent or Registered Office, or Both at $10.00. KRS 14A.2-060 prices the same paper at $10. The live RAC form prints $10.00. Those three $10 numbers match. The same table prices Statement of Change of Principal Office at $10.00. That is form POC. It is not form RAC. ZenBusiness’s Kentucky page prints $10 to submit the Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Address. Those four $10 numbers match. LegalZoom’s Kentucky article says pay the applicable state fee and verify the current fee at sos.ky.gov. It does not print $10. Northwest’s Kentucky page names a Change of Principal Office Address, Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Address form and does not print a dollar. Bizee’s Kentucky page says file a statement of change and does not print a dollar. We print the live $10 table, the statute, the RAC form, ZenBusiness’s $10 sentence, and the vendor pages that skip the dollar. We do not invent a sixth number that makes them agree. Putting a new name on a $10 paper is still not the registered-agent job. The job is taking court papers at the identical Kentucky street.
KRS 14A.4-030 is how an agent steps down. A registered agent may resign by signing and delivering a statement of resignation to the Secretary of State. After filing, the Secretary of State mails one copy to the registered office, if not discontinued, and the other copy to the entity at its principal office. The agency ends on the earlier of a successor, or the thirty-first day after the resignation was filed. KRS 14A.2-060 prices an agent’s statement of resignation at no fee. ZenBusiness’s Kentucky page says there is no filing fee and that the agent remains on file for 31 days unless a replacement is appointed sooner. Those two no-fee, thirty-first-day sentences match. The live fee table’s LLC block does not reprint that resignation row. We print the statute, ZenBusiness’s sentence, and the missing LLC-table row. We do not invent a fourth clock that makes them agree.
KRS 14A.4-040 is how court papers are handed over. An entity’s registered agent shall be its agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law. If the entity has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, service may be made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the principal office. Service is perfected at the earliest of the date the entity receives the mail, the date on the signed return receipt, or five days after deposit in the United States mail if postage is paid and the address is correct. The live Business Filings page says service on the registered agent is deemed to be service on the entity, regardless of whether the registered agent actually forwards the notice. That is the office path. We print it. We do not invent a shorter one.
KRS 14A.6-010 is the yearly Secretary of State paper this page will not confuse with the agent job. Each entity shall deliver an annual report that sets forth the name of the entity; the address of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at that office in this Commonwealth; the address of its principal office; and, for a manager-managed limited liability company, the name and business address of each manager. The first annual report is due between January 1 and June 30 of the year following the calendar year in which the entity was organized. Later reports are due between January 1 and June 30 of each following calendar year. The live Annual Reports page says all entities conducting business in the Commonwealth are required to file annual reports by June 30 of each year, that reports can be filed any time between January 1 and June 30, and that the paper must be signed, dated, and accompanied by a $15 filing fee. On that paper you must confirm the principal and registered agent/office. KRS 14A.2-060 collects fifteen dollars with each annual report or amendment. The live fee table prints Annual Report $15.00 and Amended Annual Report $15.00. Those three $15 numbers match. A veteran-owned business organized after August 1, 2018, is exempt from that fee for the first four years. It is not exempt from the filing. Bizee’s Kentucky page says, “Annual report due: June 30 each year.” LegalZoom’s Kentucky article says Kentucky requires LLCs and corporations to file an annual report by June 30 each year. Neither of those vendor pages prints $15. We print the statute’s January 1 to June 30 window, the office’s $15 sentence, the fee table, and those vendor due dates. We do not invent a fifth deadline that makes them agree.
Whether that $15 paper can change the agent is written on the office page. The live Annual Reports page says you cannot make changes to principal and registered agent/office on the annual report postcard. Those changes must be made via a statement of change. It names Statement of Change of Principal Office (POC) and Statement of Change of Registered Agent and Office (RAC). The same page lets you confirm the agent on the report. Confirming a name is not changing a name. Putting a name on a $15 June 30 paper is still not the registered-agent job. The job is taking court papers at the identical Kentucky street.
KRS 14A.7-010 is the missing-report and missing-agent clock. The Secretary of State may start an administrative dissolution if the entity does not deliver its annual report by the due date; is without a registered office or registered agent in this state for sixty days or more; or does not notify the Secretary of State within sixty days that its registered office or registered agent has been changed, discontinued, or that its registered agent has resigned. KRS 14A.7-020 then gives the entity sixty days after notice to cure. The live Annual Reports page says domestic entities that fail to file by June 30 are administratively dissolved. Foreign entities that miss the report have their certificates of authority revoked. The live fee table prices a reinstatement penalty after administrative dissolution at $100.00. KRS 14A.2-060 prices that penalty at $100. The live Business Records FAQ says an entity with inactive status and bad standing either did not file an annual report for the year, or the registered agent has resigned and a new agent has not been appointed. Stay without an agent for 60 days, or miss the June 30 report, and that is the path we opened.
The public lookup sits at sos.ky.gov. Confirm the live line on the Kentucky Business Entity Search before you treat a marketing city as current. There is also a Registered Agent Search. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Frankfort contacts are not a vendor suite.
Paper filings go to Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 718, Frankfort, KY 40602. The live Annual Reports page and the live Business Filings page also print 1025 Capital Center Drive, Suite 201, Frankfort, KY 40601. The Annual Reports page prints 700 Capital Ave. with that same P.O. Box. The Business Services phone on those pages is 502-564-3490. The fax is 502-564-5687. In-person services are available 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ZenBusiness’s Kentucky page prints 700 Capital Ave., P.O. Box 718, Frankfort, KY 40602, and office hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We print the live 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. line and ZenBusiness’s 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. line. We do not invent a third clock. Those hours are the Secretary of State’s hours. They are not a registered-office clock. Kentucky does not post Florida-style 10–noon / 2–4 windows. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as KRS 14A.4-010.
Cited prices, retrieved September 20, 2026
We print what the company’s official registered-agent page said on the retrieval date. No company publishes a different Kentucky registered-agent price from the national card, except where we note a Kentucky-page sentence. We do not invent a renewal.
| Vendor | Year 1 | Year 2 | Letters | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Registered Agent | $125/year standalone; first year free only if you form the entity through Northwest | $125/year (same price; $100/year per state if you have five or more states) | B+ / B / B | Official page |
| Bizee | Free first year when you form through Bizee; standalone registered agent $149/year | Official pages we retrieved say $149/year after the free first year (or $149 from day one if you buy standalone) | C+ / B- / B | Official page |
| LegalZoom | $249/year on the official registered-agent overview (first-time customers) | Official footnote: auto-renews at the purchase rate until you cancel; “The renewal rate is subject to change.” | C / B- / B- | Official page |
| ZenBusiness | $99 + KY state fees for the first year (standalone); national card says $99 + state fees | $199/year renewal on the official national pages; those pages say the rate is subject to change | C / B- / B- | Official page |
- Northwest Registered Agent: official page: “$125 Per Year.” Same price in year two on the national card. Five or more states is $100 a year per state. Retrieved September 20, 2026 from northwestregisteredagent.com/registered-agent and the Kentucky product page. First year free only if you form through them; we do not treat that bundle as the standalone price. The Kentucky page says they accept and scan all of their Kentucky clients’ documents on-site at their registered office in Richmond, KY. The same page also sells five free scans of regular business mail a year, with extra scans at $15 a document. Those extras are a different product. We do not grade those extras as the registered-agent job. The same page names a Change of Principal Office Address, Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Address form and does not print a dollar. The live table we retrieved is $10 for RAC and $10 for POC. The same page talks about typically 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. That clock is Northwest copy. We do not treat it as KRS 14A.4-010.
- Bizee: official registered-agent page: free first year with formation; standalone $149/year; year two $149/year. Retrieved September 20, 2026 from bizee.com/business-management/registered-agent. A bizee.com/llc/kentucky-registered-agent URL returned 404 the same day. The live Kentucky page is bizee.com/llc/kentucky/registered-agent. That page names a $40 Articles of Organization. The live fee table we retrieved is $40. Those two numbers match. The same page says, “Annual report due: June 30 each year.” The live statute we retrieved is an annual report between January 1 and June 30. The same page does not print the $15 report fee or the $10 change fee. The same page says, unless the registered agent signs the formation document, Kentucky law requires your LLC to keep a written record of the agent’s consent. The live statute we opened asks for delivery to the Secretary of State. After a free first year with formation, the official card says the agent service is $149 a year. The same page talks about a physical street during normal business hours. That is Bizee copy. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a Kentucky-only price from a missing hyphenated URL.
- LegalZoom: official overview retrieved September 20, 2026: “Get registered agent services for $249/year.” Product card: $249/year. Retrieved from legalzoom.com/…/registered-agent-overview.html. A legalzoom.com/articles/registered-agent-in-kentucky URL returned 404 the same day. The live Kentucky article is legalzoom.com/articles/kentucky-registered-agent, updated May 15, 2026. That article publishes no LegalZoom Kentucky city or street. It says the appointment is not effective until the agent delivers a written statement to the Secretary of State. It does not print the “unless the agent signs” path. It says the business itself cannot serve as its own agent. It says changing the agent requires a Statement of Change and the applicable filing fee, then tells you to verify the current fee at sos.ky.gov. It does not print $10. It says professional services typically cost $49–$300 per year. That range is not a LegalZoom price. We keep the national card. The same article talks about normal business hours on every business day and an annual report by June 30. That clock is LegalZoom copy. We print those vendor sentences. We do not invent a suite or a higher year-two number.
- ZenBusiness: official Kentucky page: first-year and renewal dollars are the national card. The national page says $99 + state fees for the first year and renews at $199/yr, subject to change. The Kentucky page, last updated September 17, 2026, talks about $100 to a few hundred dollars a year as a market range. That range is not a ZenBusiness price. We keep the national card. A zenbusiness.com/kentucky-resident-agent/ URL returned 404 the same day. The live Kentucky page is /kentucky-registered-agent/. That page cites KRS 14A.4-010, prints a $10 Statement of Change, a no-fee resignation that lasts 31 days, and Secretary of State contacts at 700 Capital Ave., P.O. Box 718, Frankfort, KY 40602, with office hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The live fee table we retrieved uses the same $10 change row. KRS 14A.2-060 prices resignation at no fee. The live Annual Reports page prints 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We print both clocks. The same page talks about the Kentucky Business One Stop portal. The live One Stop portal we opened is at onestop.portal.ky.gov. The national page says they currently do not offer registered-agent service to PLLCs or nonprofits. That is their national exclusion, not a Kentucky statute. Retrieved September 20, 2026 from zenbusiness.com/registered-agent and the Kentucky registered-agent page.
A change of registered agent is a separate Secretary of State filing. The live Annual Reports page will not take that change on the $15 postcard. We cite the $10 RAC row on the live table, ZenBusiness’s $10 sentence, LegalZoom’s “verify the current fee” sentence, Northwest’s form name with no dollar, Bizee’s statement-of-change sentence with no dollar, and the $15 annual report. The yearly paper can list the agent. It is still not the registered-agent job.
Who publishes a Kentucky street
A city is not a registered office. We print only the streets the companies publish for registered-agent use. We do not invent the rest. Confirm the live name and street on the Kentucky Business Entity Search before you file. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Frankfort contacts are not vendor suites.
- Northwest. The Kentucky product page says they accept and scan documents on-site at their registered office in Richmond, KY. The office-locations page lists Richmond, KY 40475 Madison County, and says they leave the street off this list. No street is published. The two city lines match on Richmond. We have not been to a Richmond office. Northwest also sells extra mail scans from that location. Those extras are a different product.
- Bizee. Claims owned offices in all 50 states. The official registered-agent page names no Kentucky street. The live Kentucky product page names no Kentucky street. The hyphenated Kentucky URL we tried returned 404 on September 20, 2026. The contact page lists 17350 State Highway 249, Suite 220, Houston, TX 77064 as headquarters. That address is not a Kentucky registered-agent street.
- LegalZoom. The official registered-agent overview does not publish a Kentucky street. The live Kentucky article names no LegalZoom city or street. The second Kentucky article URL we tried returned 404 the same day. We do not invent a suite. We do not treat a LegalZoom virtual-mail street as the registered-agent street.
- ZenBusiness. The Kentucky registered-agent page publishes no ZenBusiness street or city. It prints Secretary of State contacts at 700 Capital Ave., P.O. Box 718, Frankfort, KY 40602. Those lines are office contacts. They are not ZenBusiness. The live Annual Reports page we retrieved uses the same 700 Capital Ave. suite and also prints 1025 Capital Center Drive, Suite 201. We do not treat those suites as their office.
If you are your own registered agent, the street on the public record is often your home. If you hire a commercial registered agent, the agent line is that organization’s name. Northwest names Richmond on the product page and Richmond, KY 40475 Madison County on the office list, and no street on either. LegalZoom publishes no Kentucky city. Bizee publishes no Kentucky street. ZenBusiness publishes the Secretary of State’s 700 Capital Ave. suite. We label every published city vendor-claimed. Use the Business Entity Search.
In-state office, the $10 change, and the $15 June 30 paper
Kentucky wants a registered office and a registered agent whose business address is identical with that office. The articles of organization must name that office and the initial agent. A P.O. Box is not that street. Unless the agent signs the appointment, the appointment waits on a written acceptance delivered to the Secretary of State. The company must also give the agent a communications contact. The live RAC form and the One Stop guide say the business being registered cannot be its own agent. Change the agent on a $10 RAC paper. Change the principal office on a $10 POC paper. The $15 annual report postcard cannot make those changes. Resignation on the statute is no fee and ends on the thirty-first day, or sooner if a successor is named. Stay without an agent for 60 days, or miss the June 30 report, and the Secretary of State may start an administrative dissolution after notice. Kentucky does not post a Florida-style 10–noon / 2–4 clock, and it does not run a Nevada-style ten-company commercial-agent register. Northwest claims Richmond, ZIP 40475, Madison County. LegalZoom names no Kentucky city. ZenBusiness publishes 700 Capital Ave. — a Secretary of State contact. Bizee names no Kentucky street. Process Score has not been to those offices. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as KRS 14A.4-010.
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 Kentucky page talks about a physical street during normal business hours. That is Bizee copy. Contact-page support hours are Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST. Those are support hours, not registered-office hours.
- Northwest: “We scan every document you receive right where you receive it—in our office.” The Kentucky page adds on-site scans at the Richmond office. Their extra mail-scan product is a different product. We do not grade those extras as a mailbox.
- LegalZoom: upload, email, and a postcard for urgent legal mail; they say they shred junk mail. The live Kentucky article names no LegalZoom city and talks about normal business hours on every business day. Junk-mail shredding is not the job we score. That clock is not the statute.
- 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 Kentucky statute. The Kentucky page prints Secretary of State contacts at 700 Capital Ave. Those suites are office copy. They are not KRS 14A.4-010.
Home-address privacy
A commercial registered agent is how most Kentucky owners keep a home off the agent line. The Secretary of State still publishes whatever other addresses you put on a formation filing or an annual report. Privacy of the agent line is not privacy of every field. A Kentucky entity must keep an agent. It cannot leave that line blank. Confirm the live line on the Business Entity Search.
Not legal advice. Confirm on Kentucky SOS before you treat these grades as current. Check the live name and street on the Kentucky Business Entity Search.
Scorecards
Northwest Registered Agent
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- B+
- SOS street and presence
- B
- Process and privacy
- B
Year 1: $125/year standalone; first year free only if you form the entity through Northwest
Year 2: $125/year (same price; $100/year per state if you have five or more states)
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
Bizee
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- C+
- SOS street and presence
- B-
- Process and privacy
- B
Year 1: Free first year when you form through Bizee; standalone registered agent $149/year
Year 2: Official pages we retrieved say $149/year after the free first year (or $149 from day one if you buy standalone)
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
LegalZoom
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- C
- SOS street and presence
- B-
- Process and privacy
- B-
Year 1: $249/year on the official registered-agent overview (first-time customers)
Year 2: Official footnote: auto-renews at the purchase rate until you cancel; “The renewal rate is subject to change.”
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
ZenBusiness
Commercial registered agent- Year-1 / year-2 price
- C
- SOS street and presence
- B-
- Process and privacy
- B-
Year 1: $99 + KY state fees for the first year (standalone); national card says $99 + state fees
Year 2: $199/year renewal on the official national pages; those pages say the rate is subject to change
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
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 9-to-5 line as KRS 14A.4-010.
- It does not treat the $15 June 30 annual report as the registered-agent job. That paper lists the agent. It is still not the job.
- It does not treat the annual report postcard as a change of agent. The live Annual Reports page sends that change to RAC or POC.
- It does not invent a winner between LegalZoom’s “written statement to the Secretary of State” sentence and the statute’s “unless the agent signs” path.
- It does not invent a winner between Bizee’s “keep a written record” sentence and the statute’s delivery to the Secretary of State.
- It does not invent a winner between the RAC form’s “cannot be its own registered agent” line and the statute’s qualified-entity sentence.
- It does not invent a winner between the live 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. office hours and ZenBusiness’s 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. line.
- It does not treat a Houston headquarters as a Kentucky street.
- It does not treat 700 Capital Ave. or 1025 Capital Center Drive as a vendor suite. Those contacts are the Secretary of State.
- It does not invent a Kentucky-only price a company did not print.
- It does not invent a LegalZoom Kentucky street the live article did not print.
- It does not treat a P.O. Box as the registered office. The live RAC form says a post office box is insufficient.
- It does not treat the $10 POC principal-office row as the RAC agent-change paper.
- It does not pretend a Kentucky entity may skip the agent. KRS 14A.4-010 says the entity shall continuously maintain a registered office and a registered agent.
- It does not treat Northwest’s extra mail-scan product as the registered-agent job.
- It does not treat LegalZoom’s $49–$300 range, or ZenBusiness’s $100-to-a-few-hundred range, as that company’s Kentucky price.
Choosing among being the agent yourself, asking a lawyer, or hiring a commercial agent: DIY vs lawyer vs commercial. California’s scorecard is a different statute: California scorecard. Texas keeps the written consent with the company: Texas scorecard. Florida files the acceptance and posts a 10–noon / 2–4 clock: Florida scorecard. Delaware bans a virtual-only agent and sets the commercial bar above 50: Delaware scorecard. New York starts with the Secretary of State already on the agent line: New York scorecard. Nevada makes a commercial agent register at ten companies: Nevada scorecard. Wyoming bans UPS stores and virtual addresses as the registered office: Wyoming scorecard. Arizona makes the statutory-agent appointment wait on a signed acceptance: Arizona scorecard. Illinois gives you 60 days after your agent resigns, then you are not in good standing: Illinois scorecard. Ohio cancels the articles if you miss the 30-day statutory-agent notice: Ohio scorecard. Georgia wants the registered office at the same street as the agent: Georgia scorecard. Pennsylvania files a registered office, not a registered agent: Pennsylvania scorecard. New Jersey wants a street for your registered agent and will not take a P.O. Box alone: New Jersey scorecard. Colorado will not take a commercial mailbox or a P.O. Box as the registered-agent street: Colorado scorecard. North Carolina’s LLC annual report is $200 paper or $203 online by April 15. That filing is not the registered-agent job: North Carolina scorecard. Virginia’s LLC pays a $50 annual registration fee and files no annual report: Virginia scorecard. Washington files the agent’s prior consent and will not take a P.O. Box or a PMB as the street: Washington scorecard. Michigan’s statute names a resident agent and sends the filing to LARA: Michigan scorecard. Indiana’s live statute names a registered agent. Older Indiana law called the same job resident agent: Indiana scorecard. Massachusetts’s LLC statute names a resident agent. The $500 annual report cannot change that line: Massachusetts scorecard. Maryland’s statute names a resident agent and sends the filing to SDAT, not the Secretary of State: Maryland scorecard. Tennessee wants a registered office and a registered agent at the same street. The $300 LLC annual report is not that job: Tennessee scorecard. Minnesota wants a registered office. A Minnesota-formed company may name an agent. The free December 31 renewal is not that job: Minnesota scorecard. Wisconsin files the agent at DFI, not the Secretary of State. A P.O. Box, a mailbox service, or a telephone answering service is not the office: Wisconsin scorecard. Oregon’s street cannot be a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail-forwarding shop, or a virtual office. The $100 anniversary renewal is not the registered-agent job: Oregon scorecard. Missouri LLCs file no annual report with the Secretary of State. They still must keep a registered office and a registered agent: Missouri scorecard. Alabama’s street cannot be solely a mailbox service or a telephone answering service. The Business Privilege Tax return is a Department of Revenue paper: Alabama scorecard. South Carolina’s LLC statute names a designated office and an agent for service of process. Typical pass-through LLCs file no annual report with the Secretary of State: South Carolina scorecard. Arkansas’s LLC statute sends the job to the Model Registered Agents Act. The $150 franchise-tax paper is due May 1: Arkansas scorecard. Connecticut’s office is the Secretary of the State. Live form BUS-09 bans a P.O. Box on the business and residence street. The separate mailing line may be a P.O. Box: Connecticut scorecard. Utah’s office is the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. A P.O. Box is only allowed on the mailing line. The $18 annual report is due in the anniversary month: Utah scorecard. Mississippi’s office is the Secretary of State. The LLC statute sends the job to the Mississippi Registered Agents Act. The domestic LLC annual report is $0 and due April 15: Mississippi scorecard. Oklahoma’s LLC statute lets the company name itself as the agent. The $25 anniversary certificate is not that job: Oklahoma scorecard. Louisiana names the agent on a notarized Initial Report. The $30 anniversary annual report is still not that job: Louisiana scorecard. Iowa’s live statute names a registered agent with a place of business in this state. Changing the LLC agent on the live table is no fee. The $30 odd-year biennial report is still not that job: Iowa scorecard.
Sources for this page
- KRS 14A.4-010, KRS 275.025, and KRS 14A.4-050 (retrieved September 20, 2026), continuously maintain a registered office and a registered agent whose business address is identical; written acceptance to the Secretary of State unless the agent signs; communications contact; articles name the office and the initial agent
- KRS 14A.4-020, KRS 14A.4-030, KRS 14A.4-040, and KRS 14A.2-060 (retrieved September 20, 2026), statement of change with written consent and identical streets; resignation on the thirty-first day; service on the agent; change $10; resignation no fee; annual report $15
- KRS 14A.6-010, KRS 14A.7-010, and KRS 14A.7-020 (retrieved September 20, 2026), annual report lists the registered office and the agent; January 1 to June 30; administrative dissolution after 60 days without an agent or a missed report, then 60 days after notice
- Fees, the Annual Reports page, the RAC form, the forms library, FastTrack, and Kentucky Business One Stop (retrieved September 20, 2026), LLC articles $40; RAC $10; POC $10; annual report $15; postcard cannot change the agent; P.O. Box insufficient; CRA listed; 1025 Capital Center Drive and 700 Capital Ave.
- Kentucky Business Entity Search, the Registered Agent Search, the Business Filings page, and the Business Records FAQ (retrieved September 20, 2026), official public lookup at sos.ky.gov; service on the agent is deemed service on the entity; inactive and bad standing after a missed report or a missing successor
- Northwest Registered Agent, official registered-agent page, Kentucky product page, and office locations (retrieved September 20, 2026), $125/year; first year free only with formation; $100/year per state at five or more states; product page names a Richmond office and extra mail scans; office-locations list Richmond, KY 40475 Madison County, and no street
- Bizee, official registered-agent page, Kentucky product page, and contact (retrieved September 20, 2026), free year 1 with formation on the official card; standalone $149/year; year 2 $149/year; Kentucky page names a $40 Articles of Organization, says annual report due June 30, and says keep a written record of consent; no Kentucky registered-agent street; /llc/kentucky-registered-agent returned 404; Houston contact HQ is not a Kentucky registered-agent street
- LegalZoom, official registered-agent overview and Kentucky registered-agent article (retrieved September 20, 2026; article updated May 15, 2026), $249/year; Kentucky article publishes no LegalZoom street; it prints a written-acceptance sentence, a cannot-be-its-own-agent sentence, and a verify-the-fee change path; /articles/registered-agent-in-kentucky returned 404 the same day
- ZenBusiness, official registered-agent page and Kentucky registered agent (retrieved September 20, 2026; Kentucky page last updated September 17, 2026), $99 + state fees year 1; $199 renewal, subject to change; Kentucky product page publishes no ZenBusiness street; it prints 700 Capital Ave. — a Secretary of State contact; it also prints a $10 change, a no-fee 31-day resignation, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; /kentucky-resident-agent/ returned 404; national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits