Can You Be Your Own Registered Agent in West Virginia? You May Not Need One

The West Virginia rule

Who can serve: If one is named: a West Virginia resident, a West Virginia corporation, another LLC, or a corporation or company from another state authorized to do business in West Virginia.

The address: The statute says an LLC "may" keep an agent, and the Articles of Organization ask for one "if any." If an agent is named, its West Virginia address goes on the state record.

Whether the LLC itself can be named is not settled by our sheet; check with the West Virginia Secretary of State. Changing agents in West Virginia costs $15. Source: W. Va. Code § 31B-1-108, checked October 20, 2026.

The trade-offs

• Your West Virginia 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 ($15 in West Virginia).

If you would rather not

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