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

The Massachusetts rule

Who can serve: A Massachusetts resident, a Massachusetts corporation, or a corporation from another state authorized to do business in Massachusetts. State regulations (950 CMR 112.13) also allow other business entities authorized in Massachusetts.

The address: The address has to be a street address in Massachusetts. A post office address is not sufficient.

Whether the LLC itself can be named is not settled by our sheet; check with the Massachusetts Secretary of State. Changing agents in Massachusetts has no state fee. Source: M.G.L. c. 156C, § 5, checked October 20, 2026.

The trade-offs

• Your Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts).

If you would rather not

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