Should I Be My Own Registered Agent?

A registered agent is required to receive legal and tax-related documents. This includes Service of Process (official notifications regarding a lawsuit against the LLC or wage garnishment proceedings against an employee), as well as franchise tax forms and other tax and legal documents.

Can I Be My Own Registered Agent?

In the majority of states, it’s legally acceptable to be your own registered agent for your LLC if you meet the following requirements:

• At least 18 years old
• Have a physical address (not a P.O. Box) in the state you want to register in.
• Be physically present at that address during regular business hours (typically 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to accept legal documents.

Should I be My Own Registered Agent ?

It’s often not a good idea due to these reasons:

Am I stuck in one place?

If you take a holiday or travel, you may miss important legal documents. However, registered agent can send you email alerts and scan the documents for online viewing in website dashboard.

Business operate in multiple states

If you plan to expand business to other states in the future, you will need to register foreign LLC in these states, but you cannot serve as a registered agent in the state where you don’t live.

Home address will be in public

As registered agent address must be physicial address, those who use home address as registered agent address will receive a lot junk mail, including some that attempt to impersonate government mails to defraud people out of money.