ND registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in North Dakota. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the North Dakota 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
North Dakota puts it like this:
... means a person that is not listed as a commercial registered agent under section 10-01.1-06 that serves in this state as ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-02(2), (19), (32); § 10-19.1-15; § 10-32.1-16
The part North Dakota 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
... may be involuntarily dissolved by the secretary of state if: (1) The corporation has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent and ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(1); § 10-32.1-90(1)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... a foreign corporation to transact business in this state may be revoked by the secretary of state if: (1) The foreign corporation has failed to: (a) Appoint and maintain a registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(2); § 10-32.1-90(2)
And then
... foreign corporation files a report of change relating to the registered agent or any other required record... the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(3)
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... is the agent for service of process: a. When a foreign entity transacts business without a certificate of authority; b. When a domestic entity ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-13(1), (3), (5)-(6); § 10-32.1-19(2)
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
After the involuntary dissolution of a corporation, or the revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, the reinstatement fee of one hundred thirty-five ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-147(24)(a)(3); § 10-32.1-92(25)(a)(2); § 10-19.1-146(8)
Also skippable: the North Dakota annual report
Cost is the consideration. North Dakota bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$50 every year.
25. Filing an annual report of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-32.1-92(25)
The annual bill (corporation)
$25 every year.
24. Filing an annual report of a corporation or foreign corporation, twenty-five ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-19.1-147(24)
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.