WV registered agent
A $2.50 registered agent in West Virginia. That is the whole pitch.
Every company on the West Virginia 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
West Virginia puts it like this:
... in this state: (1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-5-501; § 31B-1-108(a)-(b)
The part West Virginia 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
... The corporation does not notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1420(a)(2)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
... corporation does not inform the Secretary of State under section one thousand five hundred eight or one thousand five hundred nine of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1530(2)
Out-of-state companies: revoked
(1) The company fails to: ... (iii) File a statement of a change in the name or business address of the agent as required ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-10-1006(a)(1)(iii)
The courthouse door closes
... foreign corporation transacting business in this state without ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1502(a)
And then
... dissolved under section one thousand four hundred twenty-one of this article may apply ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1422(a)
Papers you will not receive
Service, redirected
... liability company or foreign limited liability company fails to appoint or maintain an agent for service of process in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-1-111(b); see also § 31D-5-504(b)-(c)
Getting the company back afterwards
There is a fee to come back. incFACTS has not verified the West Virginia number yet, so neither have we.
Also skippable: the West Virginia annual report
Cost is the consideration. West Virginia bills its companies every year to stay listed. Here is the bill, quoted.
The annual bill (LLC)
$25 every year.
shall pay an annual report fee of $25 for the services of the Secretary of ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
The annual bill (corporation)
$25 every year.
each corporation, limited partnership, domestic limited liability company, and foreign limited liability company ... shall pay ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
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.