FL registered agent
Florida registered agent service, $5 a year
Florida requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Florida law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Florida requires of a registered agent
The requirement
Both the corporation act (ch. 607) and LLC act (ch. 605) require a registered office plus a registered agent who is either (1) an individual who resides in Florida, (2) another domestic 'authorized entity' (for LLCs defined as a for-profit corporation, LLC, LLP, or LP), or (3) a foreign entity authorized to transact business in Florida that is an authorized entity - in every case with a business address identical to the registered office.
Each corporation shall designate and continuously maintain in this state: (a) A registered office, which may be the same as its place of business in this state; and (b) A registered agent, which must be: 1. An individual who resides in this state whose business address is identical to the address of the registered office; 2. Another domestic entity that is an authorized entity and whose business address is identical to the address of the registered office; or 3. A foreign entity authorized to transact business in this state which is an authorized entity and whose business address is identical to the address of the registered office.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.0501(1); sec. 605.0113(1), (6)
How we comply
We don't.
What Florida 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
Failure to appoint and maintain a registered agent and registered office is a ground for administrative dissolution of a corporation (and of an LLC under sec. 605.0714(1)(c)); the department gives notice and dissolves if not corrected within 60 days.
The department may dissolve a corporation administratively if the corporation does not: ... (c) Appoint and maintain a registered agent and registered office as required by s. 607.0501; (d) Deliver for filing a statement of change under s. 607.0502 within 30 days after a change has occurred in the name or address of the agent ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.1420(1)(c), (4); sec. 605.0714(1)(c)
No access to the courts
A corporation (or LLC under sec. 605.0113(5)) may not prosecute or maintain an action in a Florida court until it complies with the registered agent requirement and, to the extent ordered by a court, pays a penalty of $5 per day of noncompliance capped at $500; a court may stay the proceeding.
A corporation may not prosecute or maintain an action in a court in this state until the corporation complies with this section, pays to the department any amounts required under this chapter, and, to the extent ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, pays to the department a penalty of $5 for each day it has failed to so comply or $500, whichever is less.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.0501(6)-(7); sec. 605.0113(5)
Civil penalty
An entity that owns Florida real property or a mortgage on it, or transacts business in Florida, and fails to maintain a registered office and agent is liable to the state for $500 per year (forgiven on compliance), can be ordered by a court to appoint one, faces up to $1,000 per day for violating such an order, and may not defend actions brought by the Department of Legal Affairs or other state agencies until it complies.
Each such corporation, foreign corporation, or alien business organization which fails to have and continuously maintain a registered office and a registered agent as required in this section will be liable to this state for $500 for each year, or part of a year, during which the corporation ... fails to comply with these requirements ... The failure to comply timely or fully with an order directing that a registered agent be appointed and that a registered office be designated will result in a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each day of noncompliance.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.0505(1)(b)
Revocation (foreign entities)
Failure of a foreign corporation to appoint and maintain a registered agent is a ground for revocation of its certificate of authority; the parallel foreign-LLC provisions are in ch. 605.
A certificate of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state may be revoked by the department if: ... (c) The foreign corporation does not appoint and maintain a registered agent as required by s. 607.1507; (d) The foreign corporation does not deliver for filing a statement of a change under s. 607.1508 within 30 days after the change in the name or address of the agent has occurred ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.1530(1)(c), (4)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
Reinstatement after administrative dissolution requires submitting all fees and penalties then owed; the filing fee for a corporation's application for reinstatement is $600 (LLC: $100), and the application must be signed by both the registered agent and an officer/director.
A corporation that is administratively dissolved under s. 607.1420 ... may apply to the department for reinstatement at any time after the effective date of dissolution. The corporation must submit all fees and penalties then owed by the corporation at the rates provided by law at the time the corporation applies for reinstatement ... signed by both the registered agent and an officer or director of the corporation ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.1422(1); sec. 607.0122(13); sec. 605.0213(6)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
We couldn't be bothered to look this up. Florida puts the fallback rules for serving an agentless company somewhere other than the entity code, and we stopped reading.
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.