TN registered agent
Registered agent service in Tennessee. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Tennessee 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 Tennessee
Requirement
The Tennessee code provides:
Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state: ... (2) A registered agent who maintains an office at the same street address as the registered office, and who may be: (A) An individual who resides in this state, a domestic corporation, a not-for-profit domestic corporation, a domestic LLC, a domestic general partnership, a domestic limited partnership, or a domestic registered limited liability partnership; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-15-101(a)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... authority of a foreign corporation shall have been withdrawn or revoked, then the secretary of state shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-15-104(b)
Enforcement in Tennessee
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 § 48-24-202 to administratively dissolve a corporation if the: ... (2) Corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for two (2) months or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-24-201(2), (4)
Administrative dissolution by the state
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under § 48-249-605, to administratively dissolve the LLC, if: ... (2) The LLC is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for two (2) months or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-249-604(2), (4)
Revocation of foreign authority
(2) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for two (2) months or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-25-301(2)-(3)
Further
... carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under § 48-24-105 and notify claimants under §§ 48-24-106 and 48-24-107.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-24-202(c)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... dissolution 70.00 ... (32) Application for reinstatement following administrative revocation 70.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-11-303(a)(23), (a)(32)
The Tennessee annual report, which you may also decline
Tennessee 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
$300 per annum.
The annual report fee for LLCs is $300 minimum up to a maximum of $3000. The fee increases by an additional $50 per member for every member over 6 members up to a maximum of $3,000.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sos.tn.gov/businesses/faqs
Annual report, corporation
$20 per annum.
... additional $20 is required if any change is made concerning the registered agent/registered office.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://sos.tn.gov/businesses/faqs
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.