WA registered agent
Registered agent service in Washington. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Washington 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 Washington
Requirement
The Washington code provides:
... (b) An individual who holds the office or other position in an entity which is designated as the registered agent pursuant to RCW 23.95.415(1)(b)(ii); ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.405; 23.95.105(22); 23.95.410; 23.95.415(1)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
If a represented entity ceases to have a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the entity at the entity's principal office. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.450(2)-(4)
Enforcement in Washington
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... dissolve a domestic entity administratively if: ... (3) The entity does not have a registered agent in this state for thirty consecutive days
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.605(3); procedure and effect at RCW 23.95.610
Revocation of foreign authority
The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign entity in the manner provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section if: ... (c) The entity does not have a registered agent as required by RCW 23.95.405; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.550(1)(c)-(d)
Loss of standing to sue
... it is registered to do business in this state and has paid to this state all fees and penalties for the years, or parts thereof, during which it did business in this state without having registered.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.505(2)
Further
... would have been imposed by this chapter upon the entity had it applied for and received a certificate of registration ... plus all penalties imposed by this chapter for failure to pay such fees.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.505(5)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... of administrative dissolution had the entity been in active status, plus a penalty fee established by the secretary of state by rule, and the license or renewal fee for the year of reinstatement.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.615(2)
The Washington annual report, which you may also decline
Washington 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
$70 per annum.
(p) Annual report Seventy dollars
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: WAC 434-112-085(7)(p)
Annual report, corporation
$70 per annum.
(p) Annual report Seventy dollars
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: WAC 434-112-085(7)(p)
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.