DC registered agent
District of Columbia. $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 District of Columbia 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
The climb-out fee
... that were due to the Mayor at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees and penalties that would have been due to the Mayor while the entity ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.03(b)
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
... showing that a registered agent for the entity cannot be found, the Mayor shall be an agent of the entity upon whom any process against the entity may be served ... the Mayor shall ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-104.12(b), (d)
How District of Columbia 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
... 29-106.02 to dissolve a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.01(3); sec. 29-106.02(b)
Out-of-state companies: authority pulled
The Mayor may terminate the registration of a registered foreign entity in the manner provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent as required by ยง 29-104.02; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.11(a)(3)-(4)
The penalty
... I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may impose civil fines and penalties pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2, on any person who: ... (5) Fails to designate and maintain a registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.06(a)(5)
Locked out of the courthouse
... partnership doing business in the District may not maintain an action or proceeding in the District unless it is registered to do ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.02(b)
The District of Columbia annual report. Also skippable.
District of Columbia 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
$300 each year. Every year.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Limited Liability Company'
Yearly report, corporation
$300 each year. Every year.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Business Corporation'
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 District of Columbia code, word for word:
... or (C) A member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar who maintains an office in the District of Columbia.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.02(28); sec. 29-104.02; sec. 29-104.03
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.