MN registered agent
Minnesota. $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 Minnesota 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
After administrative dissolution, filing a renewal complying with section 5.34 and the $25 fee with the secretary of state: (1) returns the corporation to good standing as of the date of the dissolution; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 302A.821, subd. 4(c); § 322C.0706(a)
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
... for service of process in this state or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's street address, the secretary of state is an agent of the company ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 322C.0116, subd. 2; see also §§ 5.25, subds. 1, 3-4; 302A.901, subd. 1
How Minnesota drains a company like yours
The state's own remedies for an agent that is furniture. Quoted. We added nothing, which is our specialty.
And this
... or (3) if no agent, officer, manager, or general partner can be found at the address on file with the secretary of state, the secretary of state as provided in this section.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 5.25, subd. 1
And this
Service of a process, notice, or demand may be made on a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state by delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state ... one copy of it and a fee of $50 in the following circumstances: (1) if the foreign corporation fails to appoint or maintain in this state a registered agent upon whom service of process may be had; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 5.25, subd. 4(a)
Drained by the state
(a) A corporation that has failed to file a renewal complying with section 5.34 must be dissolved by the secretary of state as described in paragraph (b). ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 302A.821, subd. 4; see also § 322C.0705
The Minnesota annual report. Also skippable.
Yearly report, LLC
Minnesota files the annual report free. Skip it anyway. Practice.
no fee is required to file an annual renewal
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. 322C.0208
Yearly report, corporation
Minnesota files the annual report free. Skip it anyway. Practice.
Annual Renewal $0 $0
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: MN SOS Business Filing & Certification Fee Schedule, Business Corporation (Domestic) - Chapter 302A
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 Minnesota code, word for word:
A business entity formed under the laws of Minnesota may designate a registered agent in its formation document. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Minn. Stat. § 5.36, subd. 2; see also §§ 302A.121, 322C.0113
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.