TX registered agent
Texas registered agent, $19, same as every other aisle
Texas 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 Texas puts on the label
The label
Straight from the Texas code, no markdown:
... and (ii) has consented in a written or electronic form to be developed by the office of the secretary of state to serve as the registered agent of the entity; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.201(b)-(c)
The Texas annual report, priced by the state, skippable by you
Annual report tag, LLC
Texas has no annual report fee on the tag, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to leave in the cart.
... for corporations and LLCs from the entity's Public Information Report (PIR) that are filed as part of the entity's franchise tax report. PIRs list the names ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS Management and Ownership FAQs #3
Annual report tag, corporation
Texas has no annual report fee on the tag, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to leave in the cart.
... Limited partnership periodic report (Form 804) $50*
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS SOSDirect Fee Schedule, 'Reports' section
The restocking fee, as charged by Texas
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
... or (B) maintain a registered agent or registered office in this state as required by law...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 11.251(b)(1)(B)
Out-of-state authority, returned
... (B) maintain a registered agent or registered office in this state as required by law...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.101(b)(1)(B)
No entry to the courthouse
... the form of a derivative action in the entity's name, on a cause of action that arises out of the transaction of business in this state unless the foreign filing entity is registered in accordance ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.051(b)
Penalty, priced by the state
... and (2) penalties and interest imposed by law for failure to pay those fees and taxes.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.052(a)
Also on the shelf
... For purposes of computing the fee, a partial calendar year is counted as a full calendar year.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.054
Also on the shelf
... An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's intent is to defraud or harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 5.207, 4.008(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
... or (B) the entity transacts business in this state without being registered as required by Chapter 9.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.251
The price of getting the company back
Reinstatement, the price on the tag
... of a corporation or registration as a foreign corporation after involuntary termination or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 4.152(14)
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.