ID registered agent
Idaho registered agent service, $2.50 a year
Idaho requires every corporation and LLC on its books to keep a registered agent at a real address in the state. Here is what Idaho law says about who that agent has to be and where it has to be.
What Idaho requires of a registered agent
The requirement
Idaho's unified entity code (Idaho Registered Agent of Entity Act, Title 30 ch. 21 part 4) states no residency requirement. The agent may be a commercial registered agent, a noncommercial registered agent (an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in Idaho as agent), or the holder of a designated office or position with the entity. Any address stated in a registered agent filing must be a street address in Idaho (Idaho Code § 30-21-403).
"Noncommercial registered agent" means a person that is not a commercial registered agent and is: (A) An individual or domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state as the registered agent of an entity; or (B) An individual who holds the office or other position in an entity which is designated as the registered agent pursuant to section 30-21-404(a)(2)(B), Idaho Code.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Idaho Code § 30-21-102(29)
How we comply
We don't.
What Idaho does to your company when we don't
Here is what the state does to an entity that has no agent, or whose agent is us.
Administrative dissolution
A domestic filing entity without a registered agent for 60 consecutive days (or that fails to notify the Secretary of State of an agent change or resignation within 60 days) may be administratively dissolved; it then continues only to wind up or apply for reinstatement.
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under section 30-21-602, Idaho Code, to dissolve a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not: ... (2) Have a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) consecutive days; or (3) The secretary of state has credible information that the domestic filing entity has failed to notify the secretary of state within sixty (60) days after the occurrence that its registered agent has been changed or that its registered agent has resigned.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Idaho Code § 30-21-601
Revocation (foreign entities)
A registered foreign entity's registration may be terminated by the Secretary of State for not having a registered agent or for failing to file a statement of change within 30 days of a change in the agent's name or address.
The secretary of state 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: ... (2) Have a registered agent as required by section 30-21-402, Idaho Code; or (3) Deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under section 30-21-407, Idaho Code, not later than thirty (30) days after a change occurs in the name or address of the entity's registered agent.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Idaho Code § 30-21-511(a)
No access to the courts
A foreign filing entity or foreign LLP doing business in Idaho cannot maintain an action or proceeding in Idaho courts unless it is registered - the downstream consequence once a registration is terminated for registered agent failure.
A foreign filing entity or foreign limited liability partnership doing business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it is registered to do business in this state.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Idaho Code § 30-21-502(b)
The bill to come back
Reinstatement fee
Reinstatement after administrative dissolution (available up to 10 years) requires paying all back fees, taxes, interest and penalties, plus a $30 application fee under Idaho Code § 30-21-214(b)(27).
To be reinstated, an entity must pay all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that were due to the secretary of state at the time of the entity's administrative dissolution and all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that would have been due to the secretary of state while the entity was dissolved administratively.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Idaho Code § 30-21-603(b)
What happens to the lawsuit you never saw
Substituted service
Idaho does not use service on the Secretary of State. If the entity has no registered agent or the agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence, service is made by registered or certified mail (or similar commercial delivery) to the entity's principal office, effective at the earliest of receipt, the signed return-receipt date, or 5 days after deposit. If that also fails, a copy may be handed to the individual in charge of any regular place of business (30-21-412(c)).
If a represented entity ceases to have a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the entity at the entity's principal office. ... Service is effected under this subsection on the earliest of: (1) The date the entity receives the mail or delivery by the commercial delivery service; (2) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed by the entity; or (3) Five (5) days after its deposit with the United States postal service or commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.
Source: state statute, via FACTS: Idaho Code § 30-21-412(b)
Statutory text as captured by FACTS (retrieved 2026-08-01, verified word-for-word against the state code 2026-08-10). Laws change. The statute governs; this page does not.