ND registered agent
North Dakota. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
North Dakota 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 Dakota 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
... state if: (1) The corporation has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent and registered office as provided in section 10-19.1-15... Upon expiration of sixty days after the mailing of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(1); § 10-32.1-90(1)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... The foreign corporation has failed to: (a) Appoint and maintain a registered agent and registered office as provided in section 10-19.1-138... Upon expiration of sixty days after the mailing of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(2); § 10-32.1-90(2)
Also in the water
... Until restored to good standing, the secretary of state may not accept for filing any document respecting the corporation or foreign corporation except those incident to its dissolution or withdrawal.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(3)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What North Dakota asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The North Dakota code, undiluted:
... An individual residing in this state; or b. A domestic or foreign corporation or a domestic or foreign limited liability company.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-02(2), (19), (32); § 10-19.1-15; § 10-32.1-16
The North Dakota annual report, which can also be left to settle
North Dakota 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
$50 each year, down the drain.
... of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-32.1-92(25)
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$25 each year, down the drain.
... report of a corporation or foreign corporation, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-19.1-147(24)
The refill fee
The refill fee
... a corporation, or the revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, the reinstatement fee of one ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-147(24)(a)(3); § 10-32.1-92(25)(a)(2); § 10-19.1-146(8)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... When a domestic entity has been dissolved; c. If an entity that previously filed a registered agent filing with the secretary of state no longer has a registered agent; or d. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-13(1), (3), (5)-(6); § 10-32.1-19(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.