Do i need a registered agent for my LLC (4 sources)

The Registered Agent Statutory Requirements carries 4 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 5 to 50 USD, read 25 September 2026.

5 to 50 USD Range of the published figures 4 published figures, not one market: read the rows
4 Sources with a figure of 11 read in full, 5 Oct 2026
3 of 11 Sources read that publish one 27% publish a figure at all
  1. California SOS service of process50 USD
  2. California SOS business entities FAQs20 USD
  3. Texas SOS Form 401 change of registered agent/office instructions15 USD
  4. Texas SOS Form 401 change of registered agent/office instructions5 USD
One figure per source, highest first.
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California SOS service of process50 USD
California SOS business entities FAQs20 USD
Texas SOS Form 401 change of registered agent/office instructions15 USD
Texas SOS Form 401 change of registered agent/office instructions5 USD

3 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 25 September 2026.

By state-rule

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
state-ruletx-change-of-agent-fee15USD15 to 15USD1
state-ruletx-change-of-agent-fee-nonprofit5USD5 to 5USD1
state-ruleca-service-of-process-fee50USD50 to 50USD1
state-ruleca-statement-of-information-fee20USD20 to 20USD1

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
California SOS service of process50USDca-service-of-process-fee2026-09-25
California SOS business entities FAQs20USDca-statement-of-information-fee2026-09-25
Texas SOS Form 401 change of registered agent/office instructions15USDtx-change-of-agent-fee2026-09-25
Texas SOS Form 401 change of registered agent/office instructions5USDtx-change-of-agent-fee-nonprofit2026-09-25
The sentence each figure was read from (4)

Read in full, publishes no figure

8 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

3 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 5 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 17 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per state per rule, quoted from that state's own statute or filing office with its effective date: required or not, who may serve (individual resident, domestic entity, registered commercial agent), whether a PO box is allowed, whether written consent must accompany the filing, the change-of-agent form and its fee, and the resignation route.

The cross-state comparison is the figure - the spread of change-of-agent fees, which states demand a filed consent (Texas Form 401-A and Wyoming's consent form both do, on this charter's own reads), and which states run a commercial-agent register (Nevada does, above ten represented entities) - and nobody publishes it in one table.

17 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The Registered Agent Statutory Requirements carries 4 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 5 to 50 USD, read 25 September 2026.

3 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 25 September 2026.

Registered Agent Statutory Requirements, state-rule tx-change-of-agent-fee: median 15 USD across 1 source, read 25 September 2026.

Registered Agent Statutory Requirements, state-rule tx-change-of-agent-fee-nonprofit: median 5 USD across 1 source, read 25 September 2026.

Registered Agent Statutory Requirements, state-rule ca-service-of-process-fee: median 50 USD across 1 source, read 25 September 2026.

Registered Agent Statutory Requirements, state-rule ca-statement-of-information-fee: median 20 USD across 1 source, read 25 September 2026.

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5 to 50 USD

4 published figures, Registered Agent Statutory Requirements, across 3 sources, read 25 September 2026

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