NC registered agent
North Carolina. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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
... 55-14-21 to dissolve administratively a corporation if: ... (3) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State for 60 days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-20(3)-(4); § 55-14-21(b); § 57D-6-06(a)(3)-(4)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... 55-15-31 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State if: ... (3) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this State for 60 days or more...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-15-30(a)(3)-(4); § 55-15-31(d); § 57D-7-30(a)(3)-(4)
Also in the water
... or revocation of registration as a limited liability partnership, the expiration of five years after the effective date of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55D-21(d)(2)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What North Carolina asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The North Carolina code, undiluted:
... A foreign corporation, foreign nonprofit corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this State whose business office is identical with the registered office.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55D-30(a)
The North Carolina annual report, which can also be left to settle
North Carolina 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
$200 each year, down the drain.
(28) Annual report $200.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. 57D-1-22(a)(28)
The refill fee
The refill fee
... 55-14-21 may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement... [Fee schedule:] (16) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution 100.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-22; § 55-1-22(a)(16)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... 55D-30 fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this State, or when its registered agent cannot with due diligence be found at the registered office, or when the Secretary of State revokes a certificate of authority or a statement of foreign registration of a foreign entity... the Secretary of State becomes an agent of the entity upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55D-33(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.