FL registered agent
Registered agent service in Florida. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Florida 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 Florida
Requirement
The Florida code provides:
... An individual who resides in this state whose business address is identical to the address of the registered office; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.0501(1); sec. 605.0113(1), (6)
Service of process in our absence
Florida provides for service on an agentless company elsewhere in its code. We have not read it.
Enforcement in Florida
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... (c) Appoint and maintain a registered agent and registered office as required by s. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.1420(1)(c), (4); sec. 605.0714(1)(c)
Loss of standing to sue
... the corporation complies with this section, pays to the department any amounts required under this ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.0501(6)-(7); sec. 605.0113(5)
Pecuniary penalty
... in this section will be liable to this state for $500 for each year, or part of a year, during which the corporation ... fails to comply with these requirements ... The failure to comply ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.0505(1)(b)
Revocation of foreign authority
... (c) The foreign corporation does not appoint and maintain a registered agent as required by s. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.1530(1)(c), (4)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... at any time after the effective date of dissolution. The corporation must submit all fees and penalties then owed by the corporation at the rates provided by law ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. sec. 607.1422(1); sec. 607.0122(13); sec. 605.0213(6)
The Florida annual report, which you may also decline
Florida 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
$138.75 per annum.
Annual Report (with supplemental fee) $138.75
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. s. 605.0213 ('For filing an annual report, $50') + s. 607.193 ('an annual supplemental corporate fee of $88.75')
Annual report, corporation
$150 per annum.
Profit Annual Report (with supplemental fee) $150.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Fla. Stat. s. 607.0122 ('Annual report: $61.25.') + s. 607.193 ($88.75 supplemental corporate fee)
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.