GA registered agent
Georgia. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Georgia 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 Georgia 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
... (4) The corporation does not notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1420(3)-(4); sec. 14-11-603(b)(1)(B)-(C)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... (4) The foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of State under Code Section 14-2-1508 or 14-2-1509 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within 60 days ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1530(3)-(4); sec. 14-2-1531(d)
Locked out of the courthouse
... (b) Each foreign corporation that has not obtained a certificate of authority within 30 calendar days after the first day on which it transacts business in this state shall be liable for the civil penalty set out in Code Section 14-2-122.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1502(a)-(b)
A civil penalty, in dollars
... foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-122(10)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Georgia asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Georgia code, undiluted:
... or (C) A foreign corporation, nonprofit foreign corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-501; sec. 14-11-209(a)-(b)
The Georgia annual report, which can also be left to settle
Georgia 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
$60 each year, down the drain.
... The fee is $60.00 ($50 filing fee + $10 service charge).
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-register-domestic-entity
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$60 each year, down the drain.
... Corp., Professional Corp., Benefit Corp., LLC, LP, LLLP, Trust Estate) ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: GA SOS Corporations Division Filing Fees (Rev. 8/2025, eff. 9/6/2025)
The refill fee
The refill fee
... The application shall: ... (5) Be accompanied by the fee required for the application for reinstatement contained in Code Section 14-2-122.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1422(a); sec. 14-2-122(12); sec. 14-11-603(b)(4); sec. 14-11-1101(a)(16)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... The plaintiff or his or her attorney shall certify in writing to the Secretary of State that the limited liability company failed either to maintain a registered office or appoint a registered agent in this state and that he or she has forwarded by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery such process, notice, or demand to the most recent registered office ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-504(b); sec. 14-2-1510(b); sec. 14-11-209(f)
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.