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Can You Be Your Own Registered Agent in Indiana? Yes, If You Meet These Rules
Generally yes, if you are an individual who meets the Indiana rule below: An individual, a general partnership, an Indiana filing entity, or a foreign entity registered in Indiana. A business cannot serve as its own agent. Check with the Indiana Secretary of State before you file.
The Indiana rule
Who can serve: An individual, a general partnership, an Indiana filing entity, or a foreign entity registered in Indiana. A business cannot serve as its own agent.
The address: The address has to be a physical street address in Indiana. P.O. boxes are not accepted.
The LLC itself cannot be its own agent in Indiana; an individual or another business serves. Changing agents in Indiana has no state fee. Source: Ind. Code § 23-0.5-4-3, checked October 20, 2026.
The trade-offs
- Your Indiana 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 Indiana).
If you would rather not
Mainstay Filing is $149 a year for registered agent service in Indiana, the same at renewal. Service of process is scanned and uploaded the same business day at no fee.
Can I be my own registered agent in Indiana?
Generally yes, if you are an individual who meets the Indiana rule below: An individual, a general partnership, an Indiana filing entity, or a foreign entity registered in Indiana. A business cannot serve as its own agent. Check with the Indiana Secretary of State before you file.
What does it cost to change registered agents in Indiana?
Indiana charges no state fee to change a registered agent.