CA registered agent
California. $7 a year. Shallow end.
The rule is at the bottom of this page. We start with the bill, because that is the part that gets wet first. Every California company names an agent with a real address in the state. We have the address. We keep a bowl at it.
The bill to climb back out
incFACTS has not verified a California reinstatement fee yet. We waded in without checking.
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
... against a domestic corporation cannot be served with reasonable diligence upon the designated agent ... the court may make an order that the service be made upon the corporation by delivering by ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 1702(a); accord § 17701.16(c) (LLCs)
How California drains a company like yours
The state's own remedies for an agent that is furniture. Quoted. We added nothing, which is our specialty.
The penalty
If, within 60 days of providing notice of the delinquency, a statement pursuant to Section 1502 has not been filed by the corporation, the Secretary of State shall certify the name of the corporation to the Franchise Tax Board. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 2204(a)-(b)
And this
... to the corporation, and thereupon, the corporate powers, rights, and privileges of the corporation are suspended, except for the purpose of filing an application for exempt status or amending ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 2205(a), (c)
The penalty
... Section 17702.09 has not been filed by the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company shall be subject to a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 17713.07(b); see § 17713.09
And this
... the suspension, and shall provide a notice of the suspension to the limited liability company and thereupon, except for the purpose of amending the articles of organization to set forth a new name, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 17713.10(c)
The California annual report. Also skippable.
California sends a bill every year to keep your company listed. Here is the bill. Not paying it is a saving of the exact kind we are.
Yearly report, LLC
$20 each year. Every year.
... liability company or of a foreign limited liability company pursuant to Section 17702.09 of the Corporations Code: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Gov. Code 12190(k)
Yearly report, corporation
$25 each year. Every year.
... Corporations (Form SI-200) - initial or annual statement: $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/be-fee-schedule-062018.pdf
Do we do that
We are the bowl. The bowl does not do things.
The rule, at the bottom where we left it
What the state asks
The California code, word for word:
The statement required by subdivision (a) shall also designate, as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, a natural person residing in this state or a corporation that has complied with Section 1505 and whose capacity to act as an agent has not terminated. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 1502(b); accord § 17701.13(c) (LLCs)
The quoted text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Laws move. Puddles do not.