WI registered agent
Registered agent service in Wisconsin. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
Requirement
The Wisconsin code provides:
Each corporation shall designate and maintain a registered office and registered agent in this state. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.0501(1m)-(2m); § 183.0115
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... If process, notice, or demand in an action cannot be served on a corporation pursuant to sub. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.0504(2)-(3)
Enforcement in Wisconsin
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
(3) The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least one year. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1420(3)-(4)
Administrative dissolution by the state
(c) The company is without a registered agent in this state for at least one year. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 183.0708(1)(c)-(d)
Further
... its corporate name terminates on the effective date of its administrative dissolution.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1421(4)
Revocation of foreign authority
... (d) The foreign corporation does not notify the department under s. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1530(1)(c)-(d)
Loss of standing to sue
A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority, if a certificate of authority is required under s. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1502(1)
Pecuniary penalty
... All fees and other charges that would have been imposed by this chapter on the foreign corporation had it duly applied for and received a certificate of authority ... 2. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1502(5)(a)
Restoration
incFACTS has not yet verified the Wisconsin restoration fee. We have not enquired.
The Wisconsin annual report, which you may also decline
Wisconsin 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.
... Annual report of a domestic limited liability company, $25.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. s. 183.0122(2)(a)17.
Annual report, corporation
$25 per annum.
... Annual report of a domestic corporation, $25.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/180/I/0122
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.