ND registered agent
Registered agent service in North Dakota. $24 a year. Yes.
Every North Dakota 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 North Dakota
Requirement
The North Dakota code provides:
... An individual residing in this state; or b. A domestic or foreign corporation or a domestic or foreign limited liability company.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-02(2), (19), (32); § 10-19.1-15; § 10-32.1-16
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... If the registered agent, governor, or responsible person cannot with reasonable diligence be served.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-13(1), (3), (5)-(6); § 10-32.1-19(2)
Enforcement in North Dakota
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... and maintain a registered agent and registered office as provided in section 10-19.1-15... Upon expiration of sixty days after the mailing of the notice, the existence of the corporation ceases.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(1); § 10-32.1-90(1)
Revocation of foreign authority
... office as provided in section 10-19.1-138... Upon expiration of sixty days after the mailing of the notice, the authority of the foreign corporation to transact business in this state ceases.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(2); § 10-32.1-90(2)
Further
If the corporation or foreign corporation files a report of change relating to the registered agent or any other required record... the secretary of state shall restore the certificate of incorporation or authority to good standing. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(3)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... of the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, the reinstatement fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-147(24)(a)(3); § 10-32.1-92(25)(a)(2); § 10-19.1-146(8)
The North Dakota annual report, which you may also decline
North Dakota 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
$50 per annum.
... liability company or foreign limited liability company, fifty dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-32.1-92(25)
Annual report, corporation
$25 per annum.
... a corporation or foreign corporation, twenty-five dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-19.1-147(24)
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.