DE registered agent
Delaware. $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 Delaware 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 Delaware reinstatement fee yet. We waded in without checking.
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
In case the officer whose duty it is to serve legal process cannot by due diligence serve the process in any manner provided for by subsection (a) of this section, it shall be lawful to serve the process against the corporation upon the Secretary of State, and such service shall be as effectual for all intents and purposes as if made in any of the ways provided for in subsection (a) of this section. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 321(b) [effective until Aug. 1, 2026]; see §§ 136(c), 502(d); 6 Del. C. § 18-105(b) (LLCs)
How Delaware drains a company like yours
The state's own remedies for an agent that is furniture. Quoted. We added nothing, which is our specialty.
Drained by the state
... a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the Secretary of State shall declare ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Out-of-state companies: authority pulled
... new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the Secretary of State shall forfeit ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
And this
... agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the certificate of formation of such limited ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 6 Del. C. § 18-104(d); see § 18-104(i)(4)
The penalty
... to file a complete annual franchise tax report with the Secretary of State on or before March 1, the corporation shall pay the sum of $200 to be recovered by adding that amount to the franchise ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 502(c); see §§ 510, 502(f)
The Delaware annual report. Also skippable.
Delaware 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, corporation
$50 each year. Every year.
... Amended Annual Report for non-exempt domestic corporations the ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/
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 Delaware code, word for word:
... or (4) A foreign corporation, a foreign limited liability partnership, a foreign limited partnership ..., a foreign limited liability company or a foreign statutory trust. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 132(a), (b); accord 6 Del. C. § 18-104(a) (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.