WV registered agent
Registered agent service in West Virginia. $24 a year. Yes.
Every West Virginia 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 West Virginia
Requirement
The West Virginia code provides:
... and (2) A registered agent, who may be: (A) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-5-501; § 31B-1-108(a)-(b)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... or maintain an agent for service of process in this state or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's address, the Secretary of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-1-111(b); see also § 31D-5-504(b)-(c)
Enforcement in West Virginia
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
... the Secretary of State within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1420(a)(2)
Revocation of foreign authority
... thousand five hundred eight or one thousand five hundred nine ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1530(2)
Revocation of foreign authority
... fails to: ... (iii) File a statement of a change in the name or business address ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-10-1006(a)(1)(iii)
Loss of standing to sue
... business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1502(a)
Further
... this article may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement within two years after the effective date of dissolution. The application must: ... (4) Contain a certificate from the Tax ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1422(a)
Restoration
incFACTS has not yet verified the West Virginia restoration fee. We have not enquired.
The West Virginia annual report, which you may also decline
West Virginia 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
$25 per annum.
... pay an annual report fee of $25 for the services of the Secretary of State as attorney-in-fact
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
Annual report, corporation
$25 per annum.
... limited partnership, domestic limited liability company, and foreign limited liability company ... shall pay ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
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.