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:
“Noncommercial registered agent” means a person that is not listed as a commercial registered agent under § 4-20-106 and that is: (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 a filing state an address, the filing must state: (1) an actual street address or rural route box number in this state; ...
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
... or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to one or more of the governors of the entity by name at its principal office in accordance with any applicable judicial rules and procedures.
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
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-27-1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: ... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1420(3)-(4) (corporations); § 4-38-708(a)(3) (LLCs)
Further
... for use by another formed limited liability company, and the dissolved company would be required, upon reinstatement, to use a new name if the prior name was taken.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-708(f)
Revocation of foreign authority
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-27-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign 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; ...
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
... the time of the company's administrative dissolution and all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that would have been due to the Secretary of State while the company was administratively dissolved.
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 $150 $150 ONLINE PDF
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.