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

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

Alabama requires every LLC to maintain a registered agent at a street address in Alabama where process can be personally served, under Ala. Code 10A-1-5.31. The address may not be solely a mailbox service or answering service, and the statute bars an agent operating only through a virtual office or mail forwarding service. Eligible agents are Alabama-resident individuals and entities registered to transact business in the state. These rules were tightened by Act 2024-413 and Act 2026-495.

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

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

Alaska requires every LLC to maintain a registered agent under AS 10.50.055. Only individual Alaska residents and domestic or foreign corporations qualify: the statutory list omits LLCs entirely, so an Alaska LLC cannot serve as its own registered agent or appoint another LLC. The agent’s business office must be identical with the registered office. Failing for 30 days to appoint and maintain an agent is a ground for involuntary dissolution under AS 10.50.408, a shorter fuse than the 60 days common elsewhere.

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

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

Arizona calls it a statutory agent, not a registered agent, and filings go to the Arizona Corporation Commission rather than a Secretary of State. Under A.R.S. 29-3115 the agent may be an individual Arizona resident, a domestic corporation or LLC, or an authorised foreign corporation or LLC with a place of business or residence in the state. The appointment is ineffective until the agent delivers a signed acceptance. Being without a statutory agent for 60 consecutive days is a ground for administrative dissolution under 29-3708.