Can You Be Your Own Registered Agent in Arkansas? Yes, If You Meet These Rules

The Arkansas rule

Who can serve: A commercial registered agent listed with the Secretary of State, or a noncommercial agent: an individual or a business entity serving as agent in Arkansas. The company can also name a position inside it, such as its manager, whose holder then receives papers.

The address: The address has to be an actual street address or rural route box number in Arkansas, plus an Arkansas mailing address if it differs. A P.O. box on its own is not accepted.

The LLC itself cannot be its own agent in Arkansas; an individual or another business serves. Changing agents in Arkansas has no state fee. Source: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-105, checked October 20, 2026.

The trade-offs

• Your Arkansas address goes on the public filing.
• Papers are handed to you at that address, so you need to be there when the state’s rule says.
• If you move, you file a change of agent (no state fee in Arkansas).

If you would rather not

Mainstay Filing is $149 a year for registered agent service in Arkansas, the same at renewal. Service of process is scanned and uploaded the same business day at no fee.