NY registered agent
Registered agent service in New York. $24 a year. Yes.
Every New York 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 New York
Requirement
The New York code provides:
In addition to such designation of the secretary of state, every domestic corporation or authorized foreign corporation may designate a registered agent in this state upon whom process against such corporation may be served. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 305(a); N.Y. Ltd. Liab. Co. Law § 302(a)-(b)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
The secretary of state shall be the agent of every domestic corporation and every authorized foreign corporation upon whom process against the corporation may be served. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law §§ 304(a)-(b), 306(b); N.Y. Ltd. Liab. Co. Law § 303(a)
Enforcement in New York
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Further
... with the secretary of state, its authority to do business in this state shall be suspended unless the corporation has previously filed a statement under section four hundred eight of this chapter...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 306-A(b)-(c)
Pecuniary penalty
... from the records of the department of state upon the filing of the current statement required by section four hundred eight of this article, and the payment of a fine of two hundred fifty dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 409(1)-(2)
Restoration
incFACTS has not yet verified the New York restoration fee. We have not enquired.
The New York annual report, which you may also decline
New York 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
$9 per annum.
... Biennial Statement for a business corporation or LLC is $9.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://dos.ny.gov/faqs-corporations-business-entities
Annual report, corporation
$9 per annum.
... to section four hundred eight of this chapter with the department of state, nine dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law § 104-A(r)
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.