LA registered agent
Louisiana registered agent service, $5 a year
Louisiana requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Louisiana law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Louisiana requires of a registered agent
The requirement
In the words of the Louisiana code:
(2) A registered agent, who may be either of the following: (a) An individual who resides in this state. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-501(2); see also La. R.S. 12:1308(A)(2) (LLC); La. R.S. 12:308(A)(1) (foreign corporation)
How we comply
We don't.
What Louisiana 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
A. Subject to Subsection B of this Section, the secretary of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-1442(A)-(B)
And also
However, if no statement of change is filed within thirty days ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1308(F)
Revocation (foreign entities)
(2) The corporation has failed to maintain a registered agent or a registered office in this state, or to maintain records, as required by this Chapter ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:313(A)(2), (B), (C)
Revocation (foreign entities)
(2) The limited liability company has failed to maintain a registered agent or a registered office in this state or to maintain records as required by this Chapter ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1353(A)(2), (B)
No access to the courts
No foreign corporation transacting business in this state shall ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:314(A); La. R.S. 12:1354(A)
Civil penalty
B. The secretary of state may impose a penalty of not more than ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:314.1(B); La. R.S. 12:1355(B)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
(2) The fee is paid for the filing of an annual report for each ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-1444(F)(2); La. R.S. 12:1308.2(C)(1)(c)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
B. If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-504(B)
One more thing to skip: the Louisiana annual report
Our other ways to save money apply here too. Louisiana 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
$30 a year.
Domestic limited liability companies ... Annual Reports $30
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division - Forms & Fee Schedule (Domestic limited liability companies)
Annual report fee, corporation
$30 a year.
Domestic corporations ... Annual Report $30
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division - Forms & Fee Schedule (Domestic corporations)
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.