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Not legal advice. Confirm the live registered-agent name and street on the Oklahoma Business Entity Search before you file or treat a published street as current. That search is Oklahoma’s public lookup. The office that keeps it is the Oklahoma Secretary of State. Confirm on Oklahoma SOS before you treat a vendor page as current. The live door sits at sos.ok.gov.

State · Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s $25 anniversary certificate is still not the registered-agent job

A registered agent is the person or company who can be handed a lawsuit for the business. It is not a mailbox. A registered agent is also called a statutory agent, or an agent for service of process. Handing over those court papers is called service of process. Oklahoma’s live LLC statute uses the words registered agent. The corporation statute also uses resident agent for the same job. The office that keeps the list is the Secretary of State. That is the official title. 18 O.S. § 2010 lets an Oklahoma limited liability company name itself as the agent. It also lets an individual who lives in Oklahoma, or a company already on the Secretary of State’s records, take the job. Each agent must keep a business office identical with the registered office. That office must be open during regular business hours to accept service of process. The Secretary of State FAQ, retrieved September 18, 2026, says the registered-office street must be a physical address in Oklahoma where the agent can be handed papers during normal business hours. A P.O. Box is not that street. Every year the LLC also files an annual certificate. 18 O.S. § 2055.2 prices that paper at Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). It is due on the anniversary of the articles. Bizee’s Oklahoma page still says no annual report is required. We print both. The sources disagree. This page does not pick one. Putting a name on a $25 anniversary paper is still not the registered-agent job. This page is the Oklahoma rule and the dated prices. It does not reprint vendor cards from another state.

Updated September 18, 2026 · Methodology · Prices retrieved September 18, 2026 from official pages

A registered agent is not a virtual mailbox. We do not score mailbox suites, virtual offices, or Google Business Profile eligibility here. Oklahoma wants a physical Oklahoma street. The live FAQ says the agent must be able to take papers there during normal business hours. A P.O. Box is not that street. If you need scans of catalogs, that is a different product on a different site.

What Oklahoma actually requires

A registered agent is the person or company who can be handed a lawsuit. Service of process means handing over those papers. The Secretary of State keeps the list. 18 O.S. § 2010 says every domestic limited liability company keeps a registered office and a registered agent. The agent may be the company itself, an individual who lives in Oklahoma, or a domestic or qualified foreign corporation, limited liability company, or partnership. The agent’s business office is identical with the registered office and is open during regular business hours. The corporation heading also says resident agent. The sources disagree. This page does not pick one.

A street is a place a person can walk up to. A P.O. Box is a mailbox at the post office. The articles state the agent’s street, identical to the registered office. The FAQ says that street is a physical Oklahoma address. A P.O. Box is not that street. 18 O.S. § 2010 says a manager signs the change. It is effective when filed, unless a later day, not past the ninetieth, is written on it. The statute and the live table price the change at $25. One article prints $25 by mail and $35 online. The sources disagree. This page does not pick one.

18 O.S. § 2055.2 says the company files a $25 certificate on the anniversary, confirming it is active and stating its principal place of business. Another source says no annual report is required, and the sources also disagree on whether that paper changes the agent. This page does not pick one. Filing it is not the job of taking the lawsuit. Miss it for 60 days and the company is not in good standing. If no agent can be found, service may be made on the Secretary of State.

Related guide: Can I be my own registered agent? An Oklahoma limited liability company may name itself, and the office must be open during regular business hours.

Related guide: What is a registered agent for an LLC? The job is taking court papers at an Oklahoma street during regular business hours. The anniversary certificate is a different filing.

Related guide: How much does a registered agent cost? The statute and the live table price a change of agent at $25. The sources disagree. This page does not pick one.

Related guide: How to change a registered agent on an LLC A manager signs a statement of change.

Related guide: What is a commercial registered agent? Oklahoma does not run a commercial-agent listing. A company already on the records may serve, and the limited liability company may name itself.

Related guide: Service of process: what it means for an LLC Papers go to the agent at the street. If no agent can be found, service may be made on the Secretary of State.

Related guide: What is a registered agent address? The office is a physical Oklahoma street identical with the agent’s business office. A P.O. Box is not that street.

Related guide: Best registered agent service A hired company still needs an Oklahoma street open during regular business hours. A P.O. Box is not that street.

Related guide: What is a certificate of good standing? The certificate is a different paper from the agent filing.

The statute says the office is open during regular business hours. Someone has to be at an Oklahoma street to accept hand-delivered papers. A software login is not that street.

Cited prices, retrieved September 18, 2026

We print what the company’s official registered-agent page said on the retrieval date. No company publishes a different Oklahoma registered-agent price from the national card, except where we note an Oklahoma-page sentence. The page does not publish a separate renewal price.

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- LegalZoom
ZenBusiness $99 + OK 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- ZenBusiness

A change of registered agent is a separate Secretary of State filing. The live table prices that change at $25. LegalZoom prints $25 by mail and $35 online. The $25 anniversary certificate can list a current agent line. LegalZoom says that paper alone does not update the agent. We cite those sources. The yearly paper can list the agent. It is still not the registered-agent job.

Who publishes an Oklahoma street

A city is not a registered office. We print only the streets the companies publish for registered-agent use. The pages we read do not publish the rest. Confirm the live name and street on the Oklahoma Business Entity Search before you file. Headquarters is not the registered office. The Secretary of State’s Oklahoma City contacts are not vendor suites.

If you are your own registered agent, the street on the public record is often your home. If the company names itself, that company street is the agent street. If you hire a commercial registered agent, the agent line is that organization’s name. Northwest names Oklahoma City, ZIP 73159, Oklahoma County, and no street. LegalZoom publishes no Oklahoma city. Bizee publishes no Oklahoma street. ZenBusiness publishes the Secretary of State’s 421 N.W. 13th suite. We label every published city vendor-claimed. Use the Business Entity Search.

In-state office, the LLC-may-name-itself rule, and the $25 anniversary paper

Oklahoma wants a registered agent at a physical Oklahoma street. The agent’s business office must be identical with that registered office and open during regular business hours. A P.O. Box is not that street. An Oklahoma LLC may name itself. Oklahoma does not run a Mississippi-style commercial-agent listing. Change the agent on a $25 statement. Resignation needs 30 days’ notice and ends 30 days after filing, unless a later day, not past the ninetieth, is written on the paper. If no successor is named, the Secretary of State is deemed the agent until a new one is designated. The annual certificate is $25 on the live table, due on the anniversary. Bizee’s Oklahoma page still says no annual report. Stay past the 60-day grace and the company is not in good standing. The Secretary of State may also act as the agent for $40 each July 1. Northwest claims Oklahoma City, ZIP 73159, Oklahoma County. LegalZoom names no Oklahoma city. ZenBusiness publishes 421 NW 13th St., Suite 210/220, a Secretary of State contact. Bizee names no Oklahoma street. Process Score has not been to those offices. We do not treat a company 9-to-5 line as 18 O.S. § 2010.

Service of process, not marketing mail

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

Home-address privacy

A commercial registered agent is how most Oklahoma owners keep a home off the agent line. The company may also name itself. If it does, the company street is the public agent street. The Secretary of State still publishes whatever other addresses you put on a formation filing or an annual certificate. Privacy of the agent line is not privacy of every field. An Oklahoma LLC must keep an agent. It cannot leave that line blank. Confirm the live line on the Business Entity Search.

Not legal advice. Confirm on Oklahoma SOS before you treat these grades as current. Check the live name and street on the Oklahoma Business Entity Search.

Scorecards

Northwest Registered Agent

Commercial registered agent
Year-1 / year-2 price
B+
National $125/year, same in year 2. Five-or-more-states is $100/year per state. No Oklahoma-only price.
SOS street and presence
B
Office-locations list names Oklahoma City, OK 73159, Oklahoma County. No street. Confirm the Business Entity Search. The page does not publish one.
Process and privacy
B
In-office scan of documents they receive. Grade the court-paper path, not the extra mail-scan add-on.

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: 2026-09-18

Official page

Bizee

Commercial registered agent
Year-1 / year-2 price
C+
Year 1 can be $0 with formation on the official card. Year 2 is $149. No Oklahoma-only price.
SOS street and presence
B-
No Oklahoma registered-agent street on the product pages. Houston HQ is not an Oklahoma registered-agent street. Confirm the Business Entity Search.
Process and privacy
B
Published court-paper path: notify, scan to portal, FedEx the papers. Not a mailbox.

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: 2026-09-18

Official page

LegalZoom

Commercial registered agent
Year-1 / year-2 price
C
Official $249/year. The page does not publish $299.
SOS street and presence
B-
Live Oklahoma article publishes no LegalZoom street. 421 N.W. 13th is the Secretary of State. Confirm the Business Entity Search.
Process and privacy
B-
Published court-paper scan, email, and postcard. Junk mail is filtered. That is not the product we grade.

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: 2026-09-18

LegalZoom

ZenBusiness

Commercial registered agent
Year-1 / year-2 price
C
Year 1 $99 + OK state fees is a first-year deal. Year 2 is $199, subject to change on the national card. Read the renewal line.
SOS street and presence
B-
Oklahoma product page publishes no ZenBusiness street or city. 421 NW 13th St., Suite 210/220 is a Secretary of State contact. Confirm the Business Entity Search. The page does not publish a suite.
Process and privacy
B-
Scan, dashboard, email; overnight for urgent legal notices. Not a mailbox. Their national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits. That is ZenBusiness’s exclusion, not an Oklahoma statute.

Year 1: $99 + OK 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: 2026-09-18

ZenBusiness

What this page does not do

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. Louisiana names the agent on a notarized Initial Report. The $30 anniversary annual report is still not that job: Louisiana scorecard.

Sources for this page

  1. 18 O.S. § 2010 and 18 O.S. § 2005 (retrieved September 18, 2026), LLC may name itself; office identical and open during regular business hours; articles must name the agent street
  2. 18 O.S. § 2055, 18 O.S. § 2055.2, 18 O.S. § 2055.1, and 18 O.S. § 1022 (retrieved September 18, 2026), articles $100; change and resignation $25; annual certificate $25 on the anniversary; 60-day grace then not in good standing; Secretary of State as agent $40 on July 1; corporation statute also says resident agent
  3. Fee table, the Business Entity FAQ, and SOS FORM 0074 (retrieved September 18, 2026), LLC articles $100; annual certificate $25; change $25; resignation $25; annual agent fee $40; physical Oklahoma street during normal business hours; 60-day grace
  4. Oklahoma Business Entity Search and the Business Services page (retrieved September 18, 2026), official public lookup at sos.ok.gov; 421 N.W. 13th, Suite 210/220; Annual Certificate phone 405-522-2822
  5. Northwest Registered Agent, official registered-agent page, Oklahoma product page, and office locations (retrieved September 18, 2026), $125/year; first year free only with formation; $100/year per state at five or more states; office-locations list Oklahoma City, OK 73159, Oklahoma County, and no street
  6. Bizee, official registered-agent page, Oklahoma product page, and contact (retrieved September 18, 2026), free year 1 with formation on the official card; standalone $149/year; year 2 $149/year; Oklahoma page names a $100 Articles of Organization and says no annual report is required; no Oklahoma registered-agent street; /llc/oklahoma-registered-agent returned 404; Houston contact HQ is not an Oklahoma registered-agent street
  7. LegalZoom, official registered-agent overview and Oklahoma registered-agent article (retrieved September 18, 2026; article updated May 15, 2026), $249/year; Oklahoma article publishes no LegalZoom street; it prints a $25 mail / $35 online change and says the annual certificate alone does not update the agent; /articles/registered-agent-in-oklahoma returned 404 the same day
  8. ZenBusiness, official registered-agent page and Oklahoma registered agent (retrieved September 18, 2026; Oklahoma page last updated August 26, 2025), $99 + state fees year 1; $199 renewal, subject to change; Oklahoma product page publishes no ZenBusiness street; it prints 421 NW 13th St., Suite 210/220, a Secretary of State contact; it also prints a $25 change and a 30-day resignation; /oklahoma-resident-agent/ returned 404; national product currently excludes PLLCs and nonprofits

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