CA registered agent
California registered agent, $19, same as every other aisle
California makes every corporation and LLC keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state, and it wrote down what that agent has to do. The writing is quoted below. Our contribution to it is a price tag.
What California puts on the label
The label
Straight from the California code, no markdown:
... and whose capacity to act as an agent has not terminated. If a natural person is designated, the statement shall set forth that person's complete ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 1502(b); accord § 17701.13(c) (LLCs)
The California annual report, priced by the state, skippable by you
Every year California asks for a payment to keep the company on its shelf. The tag is below. Leaving it in the cart is a saving in exactly the way we are.
Annual report tag, LLC
$20 a year, tax not included.
... a foreign limited liability company pursuant to Section 17702.09 of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Gov. Code 12190(k)
Annual report tag, corporation
$25 a year, tax not included.
... SI-200) - initial or annual statement: $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 disclosure ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/be-fee-schedule-062018.pdf
The restocking fee, as charged by California
When the agent on file is an empty shelf, the state has a checklist. It is quoted here without our commentary, which would only have been about the price.
Penalty, priced by the state
... (b) Upon certification pursuant to subdivision (a), the Franchise Tax Board shall assess against the corporation the penalty provided in Section 19141 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 2204(a)-(b)
Also on the shelf
... except for the purpose of filing an application for exempt status ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 2205(a), (c)
Penalty, priced by the state
... foreign limited liability company, the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company shall be subject to a penalty of two hundred ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 17713.07(b); see § 17713.09
Also on the shelf
... and thereupon, except for the purpose of amending the articles of organization to set ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 17713.10(c)
Our end of the deal
Nineteen dollars. That was our end. The rest of the deal is on backorder.
Lawsuits, when the aisle is empty
Service, rerouted
... that the service be made upon the corporation by delivering by hand to the Secretary ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Cal. Corp. Code § 1702(a); accord § 17701.16(c) (LLCs)
The price of getting the company back
incFACTS has no verified reinstatement fee for California yet. We have not asked, and the sign on our door would not tell you anyway.
Statute text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, then compared with the state's own text on 2026-08-10. Codes get restocked. This page does not.