IL registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in Illinois. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the Illinois books has to name a registered agent with a street address inside the state. Below, in the state's own words, is what that agent is supposed to be. Below that, what we are.
Where we come in
Nowhere.
The rule, quoted
The rule
Illinois puts it like this:
... agent may be either an individual, resident in this State, whose business office is identical with such ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/5.05(b)
The part Illinois enforces
The state has a procedure for companies whose agent is a locked door. This is it, quoted, with nothing from us in between.
The state dissolves you
The Secretary of State may dissolve any corporation administratively if: ... (e) it has failed to appoint and maintain a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/12.35(e)
The state dissolves you
... Secretary of State may dissolve any limited liability company administratively if: ... (3) it has ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/35-25(3)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State may be revoked by the Secretary of State: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/13.50(e)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in this State may be revoked by the Secretary of State if: (1) The foreign limited company has failed to: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/45-35(a)(1)(B)
The fine
... appoint and maintain a registered agent in Illinois within 60 days of notification of the Secretary of State by the resigning registered agent. ... (1) For ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/50-15
The courthouse door closes
No foreign corporation transacting business in this State without authority to do so is permitted to maintain a civil action in any court of this State, until the corporation obtains that ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/13.70(a)
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... shall be irrevocably appointed as an agent of a domestic corporation or of a foreign corporation having authority upon whom any ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/5.25(b)
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
Filing an application for reinstatement of a domestic or a foreign ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/15.10(p)
Also skippable: the Illinois annual report
Cost is the consideration. Illinois bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$75 every year.
Filing an annual report of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, $75, if filed as required by this Act, plus a penalty ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 180/50-10(b)(11)
The annual bill (corporation)
$75 every year.
Filing an annual report, interim annual report, or final transition annual report of a domestic ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 805 ILCS 5/15.10
Quoted text is the state code as captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked word for word on 2026-08-10. It changes. We do not.