TX registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in Texas. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the Texas 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
Texas puts it like this:
... individual who: (i) is a resident of this state; and (ii) has consented in a written or electronic form to be ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.201(b)-(c)
The part Texas 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
... terminate a filing entity's existence if the secretary finds that: (1) the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 11.251(b)(1)(B)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... revoke a foreign filing entity's registration if the secretary of state finds that: (1) the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.101(b)(1)(B)
The courthouse door closes
... or the entity's legal representative may not maintain an action, suit, or proceeding ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.051(b)
The fine
... that transacts business in this state and is not registered under this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount equal to all: ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.052(a)
And then
... the late filing fee is an amount equal to the product of the amount of the registration fee for the foreign filing entity multiplied by the number of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.054
And then
... 4.008 apply with respect to a false statement in a registered agent filing that names a person the registered agent of a represented entity without the person's consent. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 5.207, 4.008(b)
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... of an entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the entity if: (1) the entity is a filing entity or a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.251
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
(14) for filing an application for reinstatement of a corporation or registration as a foreign corporation after involuntary termination ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 4.152(14)
Also skippable: the Texas annual report
The annual bill (LLC)
Texas has no annual report fee to skip, per the guidance quoted below. Even we could not save you that.
... Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts collects management information for corporations and LLCs from the entity's Public Information Report (PIR) that ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS Management and Ownership FAQs #3
The annual bill (corporation)
Texas has no annual report fee to skip, per the guidance quoted below. Even we could not save you that.
Reports: Nonprofit corporation periodic report (Form 802) $5*; Annual statement of a professional association (Form 803) $35; Limited partnership periodic ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS SOSDirect Fee Schedule, 'Reports' section
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.