If you serve as your own registered agent, or use a registered agent service other than Stable, any mail you receive at that registered agent address will not appear in your Stable Dashboard. The state and legal mail received by a registered agent address is different from the business mail received at your Stable address. But by switching your registered agent to Stable, you can manage both business and state/legal mail in one place. Continue reading to learn more about registered agents and how Stable’s registered agent service works.
To add a registered agent address to your Stable account, get started here.
What is a registered agent?
Registered agents are a person or service that is officially designated to receive legal and state documents on behalf of a business. Businesses are legally required to have a registered agent in the state where they’re formed and in any of the 50 states where they’re operating. You can choose to serve as your own registered agent, choose a partner or colleague to be your registered agent, or use a third-party service like Stable. Whichever route you choose, your registered agent must:
have a physical street address (no P.O. boxes) in the state of registration, and
be available at that address during normal business hours to receive any state or legal mail that should need to be delivered.
For more information on registered agents, check out this article here.
“Is a registered agent address the same as a business address?”
Your registered agent address is for accepting state and legal mail. Your business address is what you use for operations. A business address and a registered agent address can be the same if the business chooses to serve as its own registered agent. However, it requires that someone be at that address during business hours to receive any state or legal mail that should arrive.
A Stable virtual address fills the role of a business address. It cannot meet the requirements of a registered agent address.
Does Stable offer a registered agent service?
Yes. We can provide you with a registered agent in any of the 50 states or territories for an add-on of $25/month.To add a registered agent to your Stable account, get started here.
Here’s what a Stable registered agent can do for you:
Serve as your point of contact for state governments.
If you’re not following certain state laws or have filed your state taxes incorrectly, the state will contact you at your registered agent address.
Stable offers registered agent services in all 50 states (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico).
Serve as your point of contact for any lawsuits + legal matters.
If people have legal concerns about your company, they will reach out at this address. Stable ensures this is handled discreetly by keeping your personal address off public records.
Make sure your state filings are up to date.
If your registered agent address isn’t up to date or on file in every state where you operate, important state/legal mail can be missed and you could be subject to compliance issues. Stable allows you to manage these filings from directly within your Dashboard. We also alert you to any upcoming filing deadlines.
Enable you to manage all your company’s mail in the same dashboard.
If you use a separate registered agent service from Stable, you have to manage two vendors and two separate sources of mail. Stable gives you instant, digital access to both your business mail and your registered agent mail in one place.
Free you to work from anywhere.
If you serve as your own registered agent, you’re tied to a physical location during business hours in case any state/legal mail arrives. Stable’s registered agent service allows you to work from anywhere and move freely by serving as your point of contact for state and legal matters.