AR registered agent
Registered agent service in Arkansas, $37 per year, within tolerance
Arkansas expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Arkansas annual report, an average obligation
Arkansas bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
$150 per year. Average.
... Liability Company LLC or PLLC N/A $150 ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Ark. SOS BCS Franchise Tax / Annual Report Forms page (Online Fee / Paper Fee)
Annual report charge, corporation
$150 per year. Average.
Corporations with Stock N/A Min. $150 Min. $150 ONLINE PDF
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Ark. SOS BCS Franchise Tax / Annual Report Forms page
Expectations set by Arkansas
Expectation
As set out in the Arkansas code:
... or foreign entity that serves in this state as the agent for service of process of an entity ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-20-102(13), 4-20-104; § 4-38-115 (LLCs)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-113(b)
Corrective action available to Arkansas
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... (3) the corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1420(3)-(4) (corporations); § 4-38-708(a)(3) (LLCs)
Additionally
... the name is available for use by another formed limited liability company, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-708(f)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1530(3)-(4) (foreign corporations); § 4-38-910(a)(3)-(4) (foreign LLCs)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... that were due to the Secretary of State at the time of the company's administrative dissolution and all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-709(a)-(b) (LLCs); § 4-27-1422(a) (corporations)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.