DC registered agent
Registered agent service in District of Columbia. $24 a year. Yes.
Every District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia
Requirement
The District of Columbia code provides:
... foreign entity that serves in the District as the registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.02(28); sec. 29-104.02; sec. 29-104.03
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... if the person seeking service submits a declaration under penalty ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-104.12(b), (d)
Enforcement in District of Columbia
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... a proceeding under § 29-106.02 to dissolve a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent in the District ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.01(3); sec. 29-106.02(b)
Revocation of foreign authority
... (b) and (c) of this section if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent as required by § 29-104.02; or (4) Deliver to the Mayor for filing a statement of change ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.11(a)(3)-(4)
Pecuniary penalty
... subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may impose civil fines and penalties pursuant to Chapter ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.06(a)(5)
Loss of standing to sue
... or foreign limited liability partnership doing business in the District may not maintain an action or proceeding in the District unless it is registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.02(b)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... all fees and penalties that were due to the Mayor at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees and penalties ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.03(b)
The District of Columbia annual report, which you may also decline
District of Columbia 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
$300 per annum.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Limited Liability Company'
Annual report, corporation
$300 per annum.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Business Corporation'
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.