AR registered agent
Arkansas registered agent service, $5 a year
Arkansas requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Arkansas law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Arkansas requires of a registered agent
The requirement
In the words of the Arkansas code:
“Noncommercial registered agent” means a person that is not listed ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-20-102(13), 4-20-104; § 4-38-115 (LLCs)
How we comply
We don't.
What Arkansas does to your company when we don't
Here is what the state does to an entity that has no agent, or whose agent is us.
Administrative dissolution
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-27-1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1420(3)-(4) (corporations); § 4-38-708(a)(3) (LLCs)
And also
If a limited liability company is dissolved, administratively ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-708(f)
Revocation (foreign entities)
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-27-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1530(3)-(4) (foreign corporations); § 4-38-910(a)(3)-(4) (foreign LLCs)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
To be reinstated, a limited liability company must pay all fees, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-709(a)-(b) (LLCs); § 4-27-1422(a) (corporations)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
If an entity fails to appoint an agent under this subchapter ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-113(b)
One more thing to skip: the Arkansas annual report
Our other ways to save money apply here too. Arkansas charges the following to keep your company on its books each year. Skipping it saves the whole amount, right up until it does not.
Annual report fee, LLC
$150 a year.
Limited Liability Company LLC or ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Ark. SOS BCS Franchise Tax / Annual Report Forms page (Online Fee / Paper Fee)
Annual report fee, corporation
$150 a year.
Corporations with Stock N/A Min. $150 Min. $150 ONLINE PDF
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Ark. SOS BCS Franchise Tax / Annual Report Forms page
Statutory text as captured by incFACTS (retrieved 2026-08-01, verified word-for-word against the state code 2026-08-10). Laws change. The statute governs; this page does not.