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Selecting a Registered Agent Service
Selecting a Registered Agent Service – Why even use a service?
Why go through the trouble of selecting a Registered Agent service when you can be the Registered Agent for your own LLC? There truth is that even though a Registered Agent service come with a fee, there are several good reasons for selecting a Registered Agent service instead of trying taking care of everything yourself.
- A Registered Agent must always be available at the registered office during business hours. Can you do this, or will your work force you to leave your office? Perhaps you would like to go on vacation or visit out of town acquaintances once in a while? By selecting a Registered Agent service, you allow yourself considerable more freedom and can focus solely on your business.
- A Registered Agent will receive legal documents on behalf of your LLC. This includes subpoenas and other potentially sensitive documents. Do you want this type of information to be delivered at your business office among clients, business associates, employees, and similar?
- If your office and the address for the Registered Agent are the same, you have to go through the legal procedures of formally changing the address of the Registered Agent every time you relocate your business.
- A Registered Agent must have a registered office in the formation state of the LLC. Is it possible that you may wish to relocate your business office in the future and end up in another state?
Selecting a Registered Agent Service – Which state?
The Registered Agent must have a registered office in the same state as you plan to form your LLC. When selecting a Registered Agent service, it is important to think ahead. If you believe that your company will grow and spread to other states, selecting a Registered Agent service with a network of offices across the country can be convenient.
Selecting a Registered Agent Service – Which company?
Selecting a Registered Agent is not a thing to do on a whim, because selecting a Registered Agent service that turns out to be unreliable can have dire consequences. An LLC where the Registered Agent turns out to be unavailable when legal documents are sent over can have its LLC status revoked by the state. Another major problem is of course that with an unreliable or understaffed Registered Agent, important legal documents and servings may never reach you and courts can rule against your LLC simply because no one ever showed up to represent your LLC in court. This is why you must select a Registered Agent that have enough resources to constantly keep the office staffed and opened during business hours, regardless of personal shortages, flu periods, holiday seasons and so on. Set some time aside to check up several Registered Agent services before you pick one.
Selecting a Registered Agent Service – Buying in bulk
If you plan to use some type of incorporation service to form your LLC, don’t forget to ask them about Registered Agent service as well. In many cases, you can save quite a lot of money by opting for a package deal. Compare several different companies before you make up your mind. |
