NY registered agent
New York. $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 New York 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 New York reinstatement fee yet. We waded in without checking.
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
... may be formed or authorized to do business in this state under this chapter unless in its certificate of incorporation or application for authority it designates the secretary of state ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law §§ 304(a)-(b), 306(b); N.Y. Ltd. Liab. Co. Law § 303(a)
How New York 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
... receipt of process with the secretary of state, its authority to do business in this state shall be suspended unless the corporation has previously filed a statement under section four hundred eight ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 306-A(b)-(c)
The penalty
... be removed from the records of the department of state upon the filing of the current statement required by section four hundred eight of this article, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 409(1)-(2)
The New York annual report. Also skippable.
New York 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
$9 each year. Every year.
... for filing a Biennial Statement for a business corporation or LLC is $9.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://dos.ny.gov/faqs-corporations-business-entities
Yearly report, corporation
$9 each year. Every year.
... amendment pursuant to section four hundred eight of this chapter with the department ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 104-A(r)
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 New York code, word for word:
... or has a business address in this state or a domestic corporation or foreign corporation of any type or kind formed, or authorized to do business in this ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 305(a); N.Y. Ltd. Liab. Co. Law § 302(a)-(b)
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.