AR registered agent
Registered agent service in Arkansas. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Arkansas 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 Arkansas
Requirement
The Arkansas code provides:
... (A) an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state as the agent for service of process of an entity ... Whenever this chapter requires that ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-20-102(13), 4-20-104; § 4-38-115 (LLCs)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... with the Secretary of State no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-113(b)
Enforcement in Arkansas
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... dissolve a corporation if: ... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; (4) ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1420(3)-(4) (corporations); § 4-38-708(a)(3) (LLCs)
Further
... or otherwise, the name is available for use by another formed limited liability company, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-708(f)
Revocation of foreign authority
... corporation authorized to transact business in this state if: ... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; (4) the foreign ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1530(3)-(4) (foreign corporations); § 4-38-910(a)(3)-(4) (foreign LLCs)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... interest, and penalties that were due to the Secretary of State at the time of the company's administrative ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-709(a)-(b) (LLCs); § 4-27-1422(a) (corporations)
The Arkansas annual report, which you may also decline
Arkansas levies an annual charge to keep a company in good standing. The amount is below. Declining it is consistent with everything else on this page.
Annual report, limited liability company
$150 per annum.
... Liability Company LLC or PLLC N/A ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Ark. SOS BCS Franchise Tax / Annual Report Forms page (Online Fee / Paper Fee)
Annual report, corporation
$150 per annum.
Corporations with Stock N/A Min. $150 Min. $150 ONLINE PDF
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Ark. SOS BCS Franchise Tax / Annual Report Forms 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.