RI registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in Rhode Island. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the Rhode Island 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
Rhode Island puts it like this:
... continuously maintain in this state: (1) A registered office ... (2) A registered agent, who may be: (i) An individual resident in this state; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-501(a); § 7-16-11(a) (LLC)
The part Rhode Island 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
... has failed for thirty (30) days to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state as required by this chapter; or (5) ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1310(a)(4)-(5)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state may be revoked by the secretary of state ... when: ... (2) The corporation fails to appoint and maintain a registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1414(a)(2)-(3)
The state dissolves you
... liability company has failed for thirty (30) days to appoint and maintain a resident agent in this state as required ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-41(a)(4)-(5)
The fine
... agent, or servant of a corporation, who designates a registered agent for that corporation without the registered agent's authority, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-501(b)
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-503(b); § 7-16-11(e) (LLC)
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
... withdraw the certificate of revocation of a corporation, whether domestic or foreign, a penalty in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each year or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1602(b)(1); § 7-1.2-1312(a); § 7-16-43(a)(2) (LLC)
Also skippable: the Rhode Island annual report
Cost is the consideration. Rhode Island bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$50 every year.
For filing an annual report, a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00)
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-65(13)
The annual bill (corporation)
$50 every year.
An annual report, fifty dollars ($50.00)
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1602
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.