TN registered agent
Tennessee. $17 a year. Straight from the bowl.
Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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) Corporation does not notify the secretary of state within two (2) months that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-24-201(2), (4)
Dissolved by the state, administratively
... (4) The LLC does not notify the secretary of state within two (2) months that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-249-604(2), (4)
Authority revoked, foreign companies
... (3) The foreign corporation does not inform the secretary of state under § 48-25-108 or § 48-25-109 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within two (2) months of the change, resignation, or discontinuance;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-25-301(2)-(3)
Also in the water
... its corporate existence but may not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under § 48-24-105 and notify ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-24-202(c)
How much of that we do
None of it. It settled.
What Tennessee asked for in the first place
What the state asked for
The Tennessee code, undiluted:
... or (B) A foreign corporation, a not-for-profit foreign corporation, a foreign LLC, a foreign general partnership, a foreign limited partnership, or a foreign registered limited liability partnership that is authorized to transact business in this state.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-15-101(a)
The Tennessee annual report, which can also be left to settle
Tennessee 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
$300 each year, down the drain.
... The fee increases by an additional $50 per member for every member over 6 members up to a maximum of $3,000.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sos.tn.gov/businesses/faqs
Yearly report fee for a corporation
$20 each year, down the drain.
... is $20, and an additional $20 is required if any change is made concerning the registered ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sos.tn.gov/businesses/faqs
The refill fee
The refill fee
... following administrative dissolution 70.00 ... (32) Application for reinstatement following ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-11-303(a)(23), (a)(32)
Where the lawsuit goes instead
Service, rerouted
... shall transact business or conduct affairs in this state without first procuring a certificate of authority to do so from the secretary of state, or whenever the certificate of authority of a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-15-104(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.