DC registered agent
District of Columbia registered agent, $19, same as every other aisle
District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia puts on the label
The label
Straight from the District of Columbia code, no markdown:
... or (C) A member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar who maintains an office in the District of Columbia.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.02(28); sec. 29-104.02; sec. 29-104.03
The District of Columbia annual report, priced by the state, skippable by you
Every year District of Columbia 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
$300 a year, tax not included.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Limited Liability Company'
Annual report tag, corporation
$300 a year, tax not included.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Business Corporation'
The restocking fee, as charged by District of Columbia
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.
Pulled from the shelf by the state
... a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent in the District for ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.01(3); sec. 29-106.02(b)
Out-of-state authority, returned
... or (4) Deliver to the Mayor for filing a statement of change under § 29-104.07 not later than 30 days after a change occurs in the name or address of the entity’s registered agent.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.11(a)(3)-(4)
Penalty, priced by the state
... Title 2, may impose civil fines and penalties pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2, on any person who: ... (5) Fails to designate and maintain a registered agent as required by ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.06(a)(5)
No entry to the courthouse
... doing business in the District may not maintain an action or proceeding in the District unless it is registered to do business in the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.02(b)
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
... entity upon whom any process against the entity may be served ... the Mayor shall immediately cause one of the copies to be forwarded by registered or certified mail to the entity at its principal ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-104.12(b), (d)
The price of getting the company back
Reinstatement, the price on the tag
... the Mayor at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees and penalties that would have been due to the Mayor while the entity was dissolved ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.03(b)
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.