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Registered Agent in Maryland: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
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Rick Mak

Registered Agent in Maryland: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One

Maryland calls it a resident agent and files through the State Department of Assessments and Taxation rather than a Secretary of State. Under Md. Code, Corporations and Associations 1-101(x), only an individual residing in Maryland or a Maryland corporation, LLC or limited partnership may serve: foreign entities are not eligible. Section 4A-210 requires both a principal office in Maryland and a resident agent. A resignation takes effect 10 days after filing if no successor is appointed.

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September 19, 2026
Registered Agent in Massachusetts: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
Registered Agent
Rick Mak

Registered Agent in Massachusetts: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One

Massachusetts calls it a resident agent. Under M.G.L. c. 156C, section 5(2), only an individual resident of the Commonwealth, a domestic corporation, or an authorised foreign corporation may serve, so a Massachusetts LLC cannot act as its own agent or appoint another LLC. The agent’s written consent must be in or attached to the certificate of organization, and to any later change. Failing to maintain an agent is not itself a ground for administrative dissolution; that is limited to two years of unfiled annual reports.

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September 19, 2026
Registered Agent in Michigan: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
Registered Agent
Rick Mak

Registered Agent in Michigan: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One

Michigan calls it a resident agent. Under MCL 450.4207 the agent may be an individual Michigan resident, or a domestic corporation, authorised foreign corporation, domestic LLC or authorised foreign LLC, in each case with a business office or residence identical with the registered office. The articles must give the street address, and mailing address if different. Michigan requires a separate annual statement naming the resident agent by 15 February each year. If no agent can be found, service may be made on the administrator.

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September 19, 2026
Registered Agent in Minnesota: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
Registered Agent
Rick Mak

Registered Agent in Minnesota: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One

Minnesota is one of the few states where the registered agent is optional: Minn. Stat. 322C.0113 provides that every LLC shall have a registered office and may have a registered agent. If one is appointed it must be a natural person residing in Minnesota, a domestic corporation or LLC, or an authorised foreign corporation or LLC, with a business office identical with the registered office. A registered office that is solely a post office box is expressly barred. Where no agent exists, service goes to an officer or manager, then to the Secretary of State.

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September 19, 2026
Registered Agent in Mississippi: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
Registered Agent
Rick Mak

Registered Agent in Mississippi: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One

Mississippi runs a commercial and noncommercial registered agent system under the Mississippi Registered Agents Act, Miss. Code Ann. 79-35-3, effective 1 January 2013. A commercial agent registers with the Secretary of State and holds itself out for hire; a noncommercial agent is any individual, corporation or LLC with a physical Mississippi address. A commercial agent is deemed to consent to any company selecting it from the state list unless it files a Statement of Non-acceptance within 14 days, and its Termination Statement ends representation of every client on the thirty-first day.

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September 19, 2026
Registered Agent in Missouri: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One
Registered Agent
Rick Mak

Registered Agent in Missouri: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Need One

Missouri requires every LLC to maintain a registered office and agent under RSMo 347.030. Only an individual Missouri resident or a domestic or foreign corporation authorised in Missouri may serve, each with a business office identical with the registered office, so no LLC may act as agent. Process may be served on an authorised person instead of the agent, or on an organizer if neither can be located. If the LLC has no agent, the Secretary of State is automatically appointed for as long as the default lasts.

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September 19, 2026

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