Be Your Own Registered Agent › The LLC as its own agent

Can the LLC itself be its own registered agent?

That is a different question from whether you can serve. Our fact sheets say the company itself may be named in 7 states and may not in 20; the rest we mark for the Secretary of State.

The company may be named (7)

Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Washington.

The company may not (20)

Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In these states an individual or another business serves, which can be a service such as Mainstay Filing at $149 a year.

Not settled by our sheets (23)

Check with the Secretary of State: Alabama, Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and West Virginia.