VT registered agent
Registered agent service in Vermont. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Vermont 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 Vermont
Requirement
The Vermont code provides:
... and (2) a registered agent for service of process pursuant to 11 V.S.A. § 1655, whose business office is identical with the registered office.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 5.01; 11 V.S.A. § 4007
Service of process in our absence
Vermont provides for service on an agentless company elsewhere in its code. We have not read it.
Enforcement in Vermont
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Revocation of foreign authority
The Secretary of State shall terminate the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation if: ... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent for service of process or registered office in this State; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(a)(3)-(4)
Revocation of foreign authority
The Secretary of State may revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign limited liability company to transact business in this State ... if: (1) the company does not: ... (B) appoint and maintain an agent for service of process as required by section 4007 of this title; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4117(a)(1)(B)-(C)
Further
... of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact or was transacting without authorization business in this State.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(d)
Loss of standing to sue
... may not maintain a proceeding or raise a counterclaim, crossclaim, or affirmative defense in any court in this State until it obtains a certificate of authority.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.02(a); 11 V.S.A. § 4119(a)(1)
Pecuniary penalty
A foreign limited liability company that transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority shall be liable to the State for: (1) a civil penalty of $50.00 for each day, not to exceed a total of $10,000.00 for each year, it transacts business in this State without a certificate of authority; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4119(e)(1)-(2)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... does not exist, and pays to the Secretary of State a reinstatement fee of $25.00 for each year it is delinquent, the secretary may cancel the termination and prepare a certificate of reinstatement
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(e); 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(d); 11 V.S.A. § 4012(a)(17)
The Vermont annual report, which you may also decline
Vermont 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
$45 per annum.
Annual report of a domestic limited liability company $45.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4012
Annual report, corporation
$60 per annum.
(17) Annual report of a domestic corporation $60.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(a)(17)
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.