DC registered agent
District of Columbia. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
District of Columbia makes every company it registers name a registered agent at a street address inside its borders. We start with what the state does when that agent is us, then work back up to what it asked for in the first place.
What District of Columbia pours on a company whose agent is us
The remedies come first on this page because they are the part that matters. Quoted from the code. We added nothing, not even water.
Dissolved by the state, administratively
... § 29-106.02 to dissolve a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.01(3); sec. 29-106.02(b)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... or (4) Deliver to the Mayor for filing a statement of change under § 29-104.07 not later than 30 days after a change occurs in the name or address of the entity’s registered agent.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.11(a)(3)-(4)
A civil penalty, in dollars
... subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may impose civil fines and penalties pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2, on any person who: ... (5) Fails to designate and maintain a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.06(a)(5)
Locked out of the courthouse
... liability partnership doing business in the District may not maintain an action or proceeding in the District unless it is registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.02(b)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What District of Columbia asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The District of Columbia code, undiluted:
... (B) An individual who holds the office or other position in an entity who is designated as the registered agent pursuant to § 29-104.04(a)(2)(B); ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.02(28); sec. 29-104.02; sec. 29-104.03
The District of Columbia annual report, which can also be left to settle
District of Columbia charges a yearly amount to keep a company on its books. Here it is. Leaving it unpaid saves the whole amount, in exactly the way the rest of this site saves you money.
Yearly report fee for an LLC
$300 each year, down the drain.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Limited Liability Company'
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$300 each year, down the drain.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Business Corporation'
The refill fee
The refill fee
... penalties that were due to the Mayor at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees and penalties that would have been due to the Mayor while the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.03(b)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... under penalty of making false statements showing that a registered agent for the entity cannot be found, the Mayor shall be an agent of the entity upon whom any process against the entity may be ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-104.12(b), (d)
Statute text as captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked line by line against the state code on 2026-08-10. The code moves like water. This page sits.