All corporations and LLCs are required to maintain a registered agent and a registered office within the State where the corporation or LLC is formed or qualified to do business. A registered agent is an individual person or a corporation or LLC registered in that State. The registered office is a physical address where the registered agent is located. The registered agent is required so that the State has a physical address where it can serve process on the corporation or LLC to let the entity know that there is a law suit or other legal action pending. The registered agent is required to ensure that the corporation or LLC receives the process so that it has time to respond to the action in a timely manner.
In most States the corporation or LLC can not act as it's own agent, however an individual person, such as an officer, director, manager or employee of the corporation or LLC can act as the registered agent for the entity if they have a physical address within the State, where they would be able to accept service of process on behalf of the entity. In many States the registered agent must sign an acknowledgment that they are willing to act as registered agent for the entity before the State will file the new corporation, LLC or qualify the entity in the State.
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