SD registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in South Dakota. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the South 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
South Dakota puts it like this:
... state: (1) The name of the represented entity's commercial registered agent; or (2) If the entity does not have a commercial ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 59-11-6
The part South 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
... Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 47-1A-1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: ... (3) The corporation ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-1A-1420(3)-(4)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... State may commence a proceeding under §§ 47-1A-1531 and 47-1A-1531.1 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-1A-1530(3)-(4)
The courthouse door closes
A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-1A-1502
The fine
... corporation is liable for a civil penalty of one hundred dollars for each day, but not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-1A-1502.2
And then
... administratively dissolved continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any business except ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-1A-1421
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... agent filing with the secretary of state no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 59-11-16
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
(17) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, three hundred dollars, plus any delinquent annual report filing fees and associated penalty fees for the period before the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-1A-122(17)
The fee to come back
The secretary of state shall charge filing fees for any delinquent annual report and a fee for application of reinstatement in the amount of one hundred ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL § 47-34A-811(a)
Also skippable: the South Dakota annual report
Cost is the consideration. South Dakota bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$55 every year.
(b) A reporting fee of fifty-five dollars, due and payable with the filing ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/47-34A-212
The annual bill (corporation)
$55 every year.
(25) Annual report, fifty-five dollars;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: SDCL 47-1A-122(25) (as amended by SL 2025 ch. 189 s. 1)
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.