AL registered agent
Registered agent service in Alabama. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Alabama company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Alabama
Requirement
The Alabama code provides:
... (2) may be: (A) an individual who is a resident of this state; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ala. Code § 10A-1-5.31(b)-(c) (as amended by Act 2026-495, effective Aug. 1, 2026)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served with process as provided by the Alabama Rules ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ala. Code § 10A-1-5.35
Enforcement in Alabama
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Revocation of foreign authority
... transact business in this state if: ... (2) the foreign entity is without a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ala. Code § 10A-1-7.12(2)-(3)
Loss of standing to sue
... impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign entity and shall not prevent the foreign entity from defending any action or proceeding in any court of this state, but ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ala. Code § 10A-1-7.22(a)
Restoration
incFACTS has not yet verified the Alabama restoration fee. We have not enquired.
The Alabama annual report, which you may also decline
Annual report, limited liability company
Alabama levies no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. There is nothing to decline.
... Alabama Secretary of State Corporation Annual Report will no longer be filed with the Business Privilege ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: ALDOR Notice: Important Changes to the 2024 Business Privilege Tax Filing Requirements
Annual report, corporation
Alabama levies no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. There is nothing to decline.
... to transact business in Alabama are no longer required by law to file ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: AL SOS Business Entities page
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.