Texas Registered Agent

Yes, you can be your own registered agent in Texas. However, after considering the registered agent requirements most business owners elect to hire a registered agent service instead. Why? Well although being your own registered agent will cost you $0, a Texas registered agent’s name and address becomes part of the public record.  Additionally, the registered agent is required to be available to accept service of process during normal business hours 5 days a week.

We accept and scan all of our Texas clients’ documents on-site at our registered office in Austin, TX.

Yes! Each year, you have to file the Texas Franchise Tax with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. There are lots of penalties and fees if your Franchise Tax is past due, so you don’t want to forget to file! We always send reminders based on the May 15 Texas Franchise Tax due date. Our sophisticated business compliance reminder system does the work for you programmatically on the backend and provide you not only with a reminder, but the forms to file populated with your info on them. This is all included with our Texas registered agent service!

Definitely! We’re the only national registered agent service that allows our clients to list our address for everything on a filing to help keep your address private.

Yes! Just sign up for our unlimited Texas Mail Forwarding option ($20/month). You’ll get a unique suite number and a Texas business address you can use for mail, advertising and more. While you can use our address, we are not a return depot for online or Amazon sellers, though we’d love to accept your foosball tables.

Don’t need a unique suite number? Our Texas registered agent service comes with free limited mail forwarding. We’ll list our business address (no unique suite number) on your public docs to better protect your privacy. And, we’ll scan the occasional business mail we receive—up to 5 documents a year, for FREE. You can request any additional documents to be forwarded at a per document rate of $15.

You should hire us first and then form your LLC or corporation. The Texas Secretary of State will reject your business registration filing if you don’t already have a registered agent. You’ll instantly find all the forms and instructions you need to complete your filing after you place an order.
How Do Texas Registered Agents Receive Service Of Process?

Serving a registered agent is legal proof of notification. Whether you receive the documents your Texas registered agent signs for or not, once they accept the documents, you’ve legally been notified. This is a serious responsibility and we don’t take it lightly. Here’s how it works:
• A process server, the county sheriff, or any third party will walk into our office and hand us the documents (service of process), and then we sign for them.
• The process server then gives an affidavit (a receipt of service) to the court which states that they “served” us.
• If you’ve hired us, long before the server hands in their affidavit to the court, you’ve received your documents, because we scanned them to your online account within minute of having been served.

You can do a Texas business name search on the state’s website.

•  Type in the company name you are trying to look up.
•  Look at the TX registered agent name and registered office street address.

If you want to legally notify someone through their Texas registered agent service, just send a certified letter directly to the registered agent name and registered office address.

In Texas, to resign as a registered agent, you need to submit two copies of the Resignation of Registered Agent to the Texas Secretary of State, Corporations Division. For a more detailed walkthrough, you can refer to our guide on how to resign as a registered agent in Texas.