GA registered agent
Registered agent service in Georgia. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Georgia 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 Georgia
Requirement
The Georgia code provides:
Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state: (1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-501; sec. 14-11-209(a)-(b)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
Whenever a limited liability company shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this state or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the Secretary of State shall be an agent of such limited liability company upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-504(b); sec. 14-2-1510(b); sec. 14-11-209(f)
Enforcement in Georgia
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 Code Section 14-2-1421 to dissolve a corporation administratively if: ... (3) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1420(3)-(4); sec. 14-11-603(b)(1)(B)-(C)
Revocation of foreign authority
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under Code Section 14-2-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation ... if: ... (3) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1530(3)-(4); sec. 14-2-1531(d)
Loss of standing to sue
A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1502(a)-(b)
Pecuniary penalty
... transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority 500.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-122(10)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
A corporation administratively dissolved under Code Section 14-2-1421 may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement within five years after the effective date of such dissolution. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: O.C.G.A. sec. 14-2-1422(a); sec. 14-2-122(12); sec. 14-11-603(b)(4); sec. 14-11-1101(a)(16)
The Georgia annual report, which you may also decline
Georgia 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
$60 per annum.
Each LLC must file an annual registration with the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1 of each calendar year. The fee is $60.00 ($50 filing fee + $10 service charge).
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-register-domestic-entity
Annual report, corporation
$60 per annum.
... Corp., Benefit Corp., LLC, LP, LLLP, Trust Estate) $50.00 +$10.00 $60.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: GA SOS Corporations Division Filing Fees (Rev. 8/2025, eff. 9/6/2025)
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.