VT registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in Vermont. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the Vermont 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
Vermont puts it like this:
... must continuously maintain in this State: (1) a registered office that may be the same ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 5.01; 11 V.S.A. § 4007
The part Vermont enforces
The state has a procedure for companies whose agent is a locked door. This is it, quoted, with nothing from us in between.
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... shall terminate the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation if: ... (3) the foreign corporation is without ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(a)(3)-(4)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in this State ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4117(a)(1)(B)-(C)
And then
... State's termination of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority appoints the Secretary of State ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(d)
The courthouse door closes
... foreign corporation transacting business in this State without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding or raise a counterclaim, crossclaim, or affirmative defense ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.02(a); 11 V.S.A. § 4119(a)(1)
The fine
... company that transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority shall be liable to the State for: (1) a civil penalty of $50.00 for each day, not ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4119(e)(1)-(2)
Papers you will not receive
Vermont keeps its fallback service rules somewhere we did not look. We did not look very hard.
Getting the company back afterwards
The fee to come back
... corporation corrects each ground for termination and demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State that each ground cited in the notice of termination does not exist, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(e); 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(d); 11 V.S.A. § 4012(a)(17)
Also skippable: the Vermont annual report
Cost is the consideration. Vermont bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$45 every year.
Annual report of a domestic limited liability company $45.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4012
The annual bill (corporation)
$60 every year.
(17) Annual report of a domestic corporation $60.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(a)(17)
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.