LA registered agent
Registered agent service in Louisiana. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Requirement
The Louisiana code provides:
(2) A registered agent, who may be either of the following: (a) An individual who resides in this state. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-501(2); see also La. R.S. 12:1308(A)(2) (LLC); La. R.S. 12:308(A)(1) (foreign corporation)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
B. If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-504(B)
Enforcement in Louisiana
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
A. Subject to Subsection B of this Section, the secretary of state shall terminate the existence of a corporation if, according to the records of the secretary of state, the corporation has failed for ninety consecutive days to do either of the following: (1) Comply with the requirements imposed by R.S. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-1442(A)-(B)
Further
However, if no statement of change is filed within thirty days after the registered office has been vacated, the office of the secretary of state may thereafter be treated as the registered office by any person other than the limited liability company itself. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1308(F)
Revocation of foreign authority
(2) The corporation has failed to maintain a registered agent or a registered office in this state, or to maintain records, as required by this Chapter ... C. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:313(A)(2), (B), (C)
Revocation of foreign authority
... by this Chapter ... (1) The secretary of state shall have given the limited liability company not less than sixty days' notice in writing of the grounds on which such proposed revocation is based.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1353(A)(2), (B)
Loss of standing to sue
... any judicial demand before any court of this state unless it has been authorized to transact such business, if required by, and as provided in, this Chapter.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:314(A); La. R.S. 12:1354(A)
Pecuniary penalty
... dollars per violation against such foreign corporations transacting business in this state without a valid certificate of authority.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:314.1(B); La. R.S. 12:1355(B)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... for each year between the corporation's last annual report and the year in which corporation is reinstated.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-1444(F)(2); La. R.S. 12:1308.2(C)(1)(c)
The Louisiana annual report, which you may also decline
Louisiana 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
$30 per annum.
Domestic limited liability companies ... Annual Reports $30
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division - Forms & Fee Schedule (Domestic limited liability companies)
Annual report, corporation
$30 per annum.
Domestic corporations ... Annual Report $30
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division - Forms & Fee Schedule (Domestic corporations)
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.