MN registered agent
Minnesota. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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.
Also in the water
... general partner of the entity; or (3) if no agent, officer, manager, or general partner can be found at the address on file with the secretary of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 5.25, subd. 1
Also in the water
... of $50 in the following circumstances: (1) if the foreign corporation fails to appoint or maintain in this state a registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 5.25, subd. 4(a)
Dissolved by the state, administratively
... secretary of state as described in paragraph (b). (b) If the corporation has not filed the renewal during any calendar year, the secretary of state ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 302A.821, subd. 4; see also § 322C.0705
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Minnesota asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Minnesota code, undiluted:
... be a natural person residing in this state, a domestic corporation, or limited liability company, or a foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 5.36, subd. 2; see also §§ 302A.121, 322C.0113
The Minnesota annual report, which can also be left to settle
Yearly report fee for an LLC
Minnesota files the annual report at no charge. Leave it anyway. It keeps the sediment consistent.
no fee is required to file an annual renewal
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. 322C.0208
Yearly report fee for a corporation
Minnesota files the annual report at no charge. Leave it anyway. It keeps the sediment consistent.
Annual Renewal $0 $0
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MN SOS Business Filing & Certification Fee Schedule, Business Corporation (Domestic) - Chapter 302A
The refill fee
The refill fee
... the secretary of state: (1) returns the corporation to good standing as of the date of the dissolution; (2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority of the articles ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 302A.821, subd. 4(c); § 322C.0706(a)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 322C.0116, subd. 2; see also §§ 5.25, subds. 1, 3-4; 302A.901, subd. 1
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.