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A Registered Agent is a person or company listed on your business formation documents who receives legal and official mail (like lawsuits or state notices) on your behalf.
Regardless of the state in which your business was formed, it is legally required to have a Registered Agent listed with the Secretary of State. This ensures that if any critical and highly time-sensitive documents are required to be delivered to you, as the business owner, a valid and physical address for delivery is accessible to the public. Additionally, an adult must be present at this address during standard business hours to accept delivery and confirm receipt by signing on behalf of the business.
Whether you or a third party is appointed as your business's registered agent, the agent will assume the legal responsibility of accepting service of process on your business's behalf.
This may include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
Each of these notices requires a signature by an adult upon receipt, which serves as a timestamped confirmation of acceptance.
While many business owners make the decision to act as their own Registered Agent, they often fail to understand the potential consequences that are associated with having this information exposed and easily accessible to anyone!
By listing themselves as their own Registered Agent, their name and address (business or personal) becomes public information via the Secretary of State website where this information is required to be listed.
The simple answer to this question is yes. However, there are a few crucial factors to consider before you assume the responsibility of serving as your own Registered Agent for your business.
First, a Registered Agent is required to be available during standard business hours, Monday through Friday, to accept any service of process. Therefore, if you choose to be your own Registered Agent, you must ensure that you, or someone else, are available each day during standard business hours at the address listed for your Registered Agent.
Additionally, suppose you use your home or business address for your Registered Agent. In that case, you leave this information exposed and easily accessible to anyone, since it is listed on the Secretary of State website. In some cases, this could unintentionally lead to unwanted visitors showing up at your home or place of business.
For most successful business owners, appointing Main Street Business Services as their Registered Agent provides them with peace of mind and convenience, allowing them to dedicate more of their time and focus on building their business.
No. While a P.O. Box or a mailbox service like The UPS Store may be a helpful option for receiving standard mail, it cannot be used for the purpose of your appointed Registered Agent.
Your Registered Agent must have a person located at a physical address where a signature is also required upon receipt of any service of process. Most P.O. Box and mailbox service providers are not authorized to act as a Registered Agent for businesses. Therefore, in some instances, attempting to utilize one of these providers as a Registered Agent could result in having your business shut down by the Utah Secretary of State.
The appointed Registered Agent for your LLC or corporation is primarily responsible for accepting service of process on behalf of your business.
This may include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
Each of these notices requires a signature by an adult upon receipt, which serves as a timestamped confirmation of acceptance.
Because of the time sensitivity and urgent nature typically associated with these notices, having a professional Registered Agent, such as Main Street Business Services, appointed to receive them on behalf of your LLC or corporation significantly reduces the risk of failing to respond or taking the appropriate action required on your part as the business owner.
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Our Privacy Safeguard+ membership was designed to provide small business owners with peace of mind by managing all aspects of their business that help to keep it compliant with state and federal requirements, current and in good standing, and deliver a critical layer of privacy protection by keeping personal contact information hidden from public visibility.
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