Term
Other names for a registered agent, unpacked
Alternate titles for the person who receives the LLC's legal papers, chosen by each state's law.
Inside the term
- Also labeled
- Registered agent
- Nearby terms
- Registered agent packed alongside Registered office packed alongside Service of process
Why it matters
On the state's own forms, use its own title, and search for that title when you read its law. Searching for the wrong one can come up empty even though the rule exists under a different name.
Where states differ
- Registered agent: 40 states call it this
- Resident agent: Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Rhode Island
- Agent for service of process: California, New York and West Virginia
- Statutory agent: Arizona and Ohio
Pages that use it
It turns up here: Forming an LLC, unpacked by state, Registered agent rules, unpacked by state, Second-state registration, unpacked by state.