KY registered agent

A $2.50 registered agent in Kentucky. That is the whole pitch.

Every company on the Kentucky 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

Kentucky puts it like this:

... registered agent, who may be: 1. An individual who resides in this Commonwealth and whose business address is identical with the registered ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.4-010(1)(b)

The part Kentucky 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

... entity is without a registered office or registered agent in this state for sixty ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.7-010(1)(b)-(c)

Out-of-state companies: revoked

... The foreign entity is without a registered office or registered ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-070(2)-(3)

The courthouse door closes

... foreign entity transacting business in this Commonwealth without a ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-020(1)

The fine

... foreign entity is liable for a civil penalty of two dollars ($2) for each day it transacts business in this Commonwealth without a certificate of authority. The ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-020(4)

And then

... of State's revocation of a foreign entity's certificate of authority shall be considered to appoint the Secretary of State the foreign entity's registered agent in any proceeding based on a ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.9-080(4)

Papers you will not receive

Service, redirected

... foreign entity has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity or foreign entity may be served with process, or any notice or ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.4-040(2)

Getting the company back afterwards

The fee to come back

(g) Be accompanied by the reinstatement penalty and the current fee for filing each delinquent annual report as provided ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: KRS 14A.7-030(1)(g)

Also skippable: the Kentucky annual report

Cost is the consideration. Kentucky bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.

The annual bill (LLC)

$15 every year.

Your annual report must be signed, dated and accompanied by a ...

Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://www.sos.ky.gov/bus/business-filings/Pages/Annual-Reports.aspx

The annual bill (corporation)

$15 every year.

Domestic Corporations (Profit and Professional Service) - Annual ...

Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Kentucky Secretary of State, Business Filings - Fees

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.

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