DE registered agent
Registered agent service in Delaware. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Delaware 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 Delaware
Requirement
The Delaware code provides:
... corporation (other than the corporation itself), a domestic partnership ..., a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 132(a), (b); accord 6 Del. C. § 18-104(a) (LLCs)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... corporation upon the Secretary of State, and such service shall be ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 321(b) [effective until Aug. 1, 2026]; see §§ 136(c), 502(d); 6 Del. C. § 18-105(b) (LLCs)
Enforcement in Delaware
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... obtain and designate a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Revocation of foreign authority
... designate a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Further
... a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 6 Del. C. § 18-104(d); see § 18-104(i)(4)
Pecuniary penalty
... any corporation to file a complete annual franchise tax report with the Secretary of State on or before ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 502(c); see §§ 510, 502(f)
Restoration
incFACTS has not yet verified the Delaware restoration fee. We have not enquired.
The Delaware annual report, which you may also decline
Delaware 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, corporation
$50 per annum.
... Annual Report or Amended Annual Report for non-exempt domestic corporations the ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/
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.