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.
Limited Liability Company LLC or PLLC N/A $150 $150 ONLINE ...
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:
... and (2) a mailing address in this state, if different ...
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
... with the Secretary of State no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, ...
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
... (4) the corporation does not notify the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days that its registered agent has been changed or has resigned;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1420(3)-(4) (corporations); § 4-38-708(a)(3) (LLCs)
Additionally
... administratively or otherwise, the name is available for use by another formed limited liability company, and the dissolved company would be required, upon ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-708(f)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (4) the foreign corporation does not file an appropriate notice with the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days of the change or resignation of the foreign corporation's registered agent;
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
... fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that were due to the Secretary of State at the time of the company's administrative dissolution and all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties that would have ...
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.