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
... (4) The corporation does not notify the Secretary of State within ...
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
... a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State if: ... (3) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in ...
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
... of registration as a limited liability partnership, the expiration of five ...
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 domestic corporation, nonprofit corporation, or limited liability company whose business office is identical with the registered office; or c. A ...
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
... apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement... [Fee schedule:] (16) Application for reinstatement following ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-22; § 55-1-22(a)(16)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... registered office, or when the Secretary of State revokes a certificate of authority or a statement of foreign registration of a ...
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.