Texas Registered Agent Requirements

A registered agent is the person or company designated to receive service of process, state notices, and official correspondence on behalf of your Texas business. Every LLC, corporation, and similar filing entity in Texas has to keep one on record, along with a registered office address inside the state.

We fill that role for $99 per year, with same-day document scanning, compliance reminders, and a street address that keeps yours off the public record.

What Does a Registered Agent Do?

Accepts service of process When your business gets sued, the lawsuit papers go to your registered agent. A dependable agent means you hear about legal actions immediately, while there is still plenty of time to respond.

Receives official state mail Filing confirmations, compliance notices, and other correspondence from the Texas Secretary of State arrive at the registered agent address, and franchise tax notices from the Comptroller can land there too.

Keeps your company reachable The whole system depends on courts and agencies knowing exactly where your business can be served. Our office is staffed during regular business hours, five days a week, which is precisely the availability Texas expects.

Supplies the address that goes public Whatever address your agent uses ends up in the Secretary of State's searchable records. With a professional agent, that address is ours rather than your home.

Texas Registered Agent Requirements Under the Statute

The requirement comes from Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.201, which obligates every filing entity to continuously maintain both a registered agent and a registered office in Texas. Here is how the statute shakes out in practice:

Who can serve An individual who is a resident of Texas, or a business entity (domestic or foreign) that is registered to do business in the state.

Who cannot serve Your company itself. The state's official Form 401 instructions put it bluntly: "The filing entity cannot act as its own registered agent." The Secretary of State's office is also off the table as your agent. You need a separate person or company in the role.

Consent is mandatory Under § 5.207, whoever you designate must have consented to the appointment, in writing or electronically. Naming someone without asking is not a valid designation.

Changes have their own filing Swapping agents later means a statement of change under § 5.202, which we walk through on our change of agent page. The state charges $15 for an LLC.

The Registered Office Address Rule

Texas is specific about what qualifies as a registered office:

• It must be a street address where the agent can personally be served with process during normal business hours.
• It cannot be solely a mailbox service or a telephone answering service, and a PO box on its own will not do.
• It does not have to be your company's principal place of business. A dedicated agent address, like ours, satisfies the statute completely.

Who Needs a Registered Agent in Texas?

Every formal entity registered with the state carries the obligation:

• Limited liability companies (LLCs)
• Corporations, both C-corps and S-corps
• Limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships
• Professional entities and other registered structures

Companies formed in another state need an agent too once they register to transact business in Texas. That registration happens on the Application for Registration (Form 304 for an LLC) with its $750 state fee, and we prepare and file Texas foreign qualifications for $199 plus the state fees, with our agent service attached.

Why Texas Companies Choose a Professional Agent

Privacy that holds up State business records are one of the first places marketers, data brokers, and curious strangers look. Our address in your public filings means process servers visit our office, not your front door.

Nothing slips through Documents are scanned the day they arrive and posted to your secure portal with an alert to you. Court deadlines are unforgiving, and same-day handling protects every one of them.

An address that never changes Move homes, move offices, go fully remote. Your registered office with us stays put, so there is no $15 state filing every time your own situation shifts.

Fair pricing Comparable services around Texas routinely bill $125 to $436 a year. Ours is $99, every year, with the useful features included rather than upsold.

The Yearly Filings That Come With a Texas Company

Texas skips the traditional annual report. Instead, for-profit entities file a Franchise Tax Report and a Public Information Report with the Texas Comptroller by May 15 each year. Companies with annualized revenue at or below the no-tax-due threshold ($2.65 million for 2026 reports) owe no tax but still submit the PIR. Our annual report guide explains the whole system, and we send reminders as the deadline approaches so it never slips past you.

Our Texas Registered Agent Service

Everything is included at $99 per year:

• A registered office street address in Texas that satisfies § 5.201
• Service of process accepted and scanned the same day it arrives
• Compliance reminders for the Comptroller's May 15 filings and other deadlines
• A secure online portal with 24/7 access to every document
• Your home address kept out of the state's public database

Signing up takes minutes. We supply our consent and all the details the state requires, you file the designation or change with the Secretary of State, and coverage begins as soon as the filing is processed.

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Whether you are forming a new company or replacing an agent who is not working out, we make the registered agent requirement the easiest item on your compliance list. $99 per year, no surprise fees, and your privacy intact.

Serving Businesses Across Texas

Texas registered agent requirements apply statewide — every LLC and corporation needs an agent with a physical Texas address, regardless of where the business operates. We handle documents for businesses throughout the state:

Houston — Harris County; energy capital; petrochemicals, medical (TMC), aerospace (JSC), and port logistics.

San Antonio — Bexar County; military, healthcare, tourism, and biosciences hub.

Dallas — Dallas County; banking, telecom, logistics, and corporate headquarters center.

Austin — Travis County; state capital; tech, semiconductors, and higher education.

Fort Worth — Tarrant County; aerospace, defense (Lockheed Martin), energy, and logistics center.

El Paso — El Paso County; US-Mexico border manufacturing, logistics, and military (Fort Bliss) hub.

Arlington — Tarrant County; DFW metro manufacturing (GM) and tourism center.

Corpus Christi — Nueces County; Gulf port, petrochemicals, and military (NAS Corpus Christi).

Plano — Collin County; Dallas metro corporate headquarters and tech corridor.

Lubbock — Lubbock County; West Texas agricultural, healthcare, and higher education center.

Wherever your business operates in Texas, our registered office address meets state requirements for receiving service of process and official correspondence.