OH registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in Ohio. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the Ohio 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
Ohio puts it like this:
... maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by statute to be served upon a corporation ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(A), (C)(2); § 1706.09(A); § 1703.041(A)
The part Ohio 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
... to appoint another agent or to file a statement of change of address of an agent, the secretary of state shall give notice thereof... Unless the default is cured ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(M); § 1706.09(L)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... death or resignation of its designated agent or the designated agent's removal from this state, to designate another agent ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1703.15
The courthouse door closes
... should have obtained such license shall maintain any action in any court ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1703.29(A), (C)
The fine
... required to be licensed under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which transacts ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1703.28
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... or (2) the agent no longer has that address, or (3) the corporation has failed to maintain an agent as required by this section, and if... the party...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(H); § 1706.09(H)(2); § 1703.19
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
... articles have been canceled may be reinstated by filing, within two years of the cancellation, on ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(M); § 1706.09(L); § 1703.15
Also skippable: the Ohio annual report
incFACTS has not verified the Ohio annual report fee. We took the afternoon off.
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.