WV registered agent
West Virginia. $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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia reinstatement fee yet. We waded in without checking.
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
... an agent for service of process in this state or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's address, the Secretary of State is an agent of the company ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-1-111(b); see also § 31D-5-504(b)-(c)
How West Virginia 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
... State within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1420(a)(2)
Out-of-state companies: authority pulled
... thousand five hundred nine of this article that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1530(2)
Out-of-state companies: authority pulled
... File a statement of a change in the name or business address of the agent as required ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-10-1006(a)(1)(iii)
Locked out of the courthouse
... this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any circuit court in this state until it obtains a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1502(a)
And this
A corporation administratively dissolved under section one thousand four hundred twenty-one of this article may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement within two years after the effective date of dissolution. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1422(a)
The West Virginia annual report. Also skippable.
West Virginia 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
$25 each year. Every year.
... fee of $25 for the services of the Secretary of State as ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
Yearly report, corporation
$25 each year. Every year.
... domestic limited liability company, and foreign limited liability company ... shall pay an ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
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 West Virginia code, word for word:
Each corporation may continuously maintain in this state: (1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-5-501; § 31B-1-108(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.