IL registered agent
Illinois. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Illinois 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 Illinois 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
... any corporation administratively if: ... (e) it has failed to appoint and maintain a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/12.35(e)
Dissolved by the state, administratively
... liability company administratively if: ... (3) it has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent in Illinois in accordance ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/35-25(3)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... business in this State may be revoked by the Secretary of State: ... (e) Upon the failure of the corporation to appoint and maintain a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/13.50(e)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... in this State may be revoked by the Secretary of State if: (1) The foreign limited company has failed to: ... (B) appoint and maintain a registered agent in Illinois within 60 days after a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/45-35(a)(1)(B)
A civil penalty, in dollars
... (1) For failure or refusal to comply with subsection (a) of this Section before the first day of the second month after the anniversary month, a penalty of $100 plus $100 for each year or fraction thereof beginning with the second year of delinquency until returned to good standing or until reinstatement is effected.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/50-15
Locked out of the courthouse
... in this State without authority to do so is permitted to maintain a civil action in any court of this State, until the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/13.70(a)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Illinois asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Illinois code, undiluted:
... or a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in this State that is authorized by its ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/5.05(b)
The Illinois annual report, which can also be left to settle
Illinois 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
$75 each year, down the drain.
... liability company or foreign limited liability company, $75, if filed as required by this Act, plus ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/50-10(b)(11)
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$75 each year, down the drain.
... interim annual report, or final transition annual report of a domestic or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/15.10
The refill fee
The refill fee
... for reinstatement of a domestic or a foreign ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/15.10(p)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... upon whom any process, notice or demand may be served: (1) Whenever the corporation shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this State, or (2) Whenever the corporation's ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/5.25(b)
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.