KY registered agent
Kentucky. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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
... (c) If the entity does not notify the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days that its registered office or registered agent has been changed, that its registered office has been discontinued or that its registered agent has resigned;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.7-010(1)(b)-(c)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... (3) The foreign entity does comply with KRS 14A.4-020;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-070(2)-(3)
Locked out of the courthouse
... this Commonwealth without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this Commonwealth until it ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-020(1)
A civil penalty, in dollars
... The Secretary of State may collect all penalties due under this subsection.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-020(4)
Also in the water
... authority shall be considered to appoint the Secretary of State the foreign entity's registered agent in any proceeding based on a cause of action which arose during the time the foreign entity was ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-080(4)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Kentucky asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Kentucky code, undiluted:
... An individual who resides in this Commonwealth and whose business address is identical with the registered office; or 2. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.4-010(1)(b)
The Kentucky annual report, which can also be left to settle
Kentucky 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
$15 each year, down the drain.
... report must be signed, dated and accompanied by a $15 ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://www.sos.ky.gov/bus/business-filings/Pages/Annual-Reports.aspx
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$15 each year, down the drain.
... (Profit and Professional Service) - Annual ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Kentucky Secretary of State, Business Filings - Fees
The refill fee
The refill fee
... penalty and the current fee for filing each delinquent annual report as provided ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.7-030(1)(g)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... may be served with process, or any notice or demand may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the entity or foreign entity at its principal office and to ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.4-040(2)
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.