DE registered agent
Registered agent service in Delaware, $37 per year, within tolerance
Delaware 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 Delaware annual report, an average obligation
Delaware 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, corporation
$50 per year. Average.
... Annual Report or Amended Annual Report for non-exempt domestic corporations the filing fee is $50.
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/
Expectations set by Delaware
Expectation
As set out in the Delaware code:
... partnership ..., a domestic limited liability company or a domestic statutory trust; or (4) A foreign corporation, a foreign limited liability partnership, a foreign limited partnership ..., ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 132(a), (b); accord 6 Del. C. § 18-104(a) (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
... service shall be as effectual for all intents and purposes as if made in any of the ways provided for in subsection (a) of this section. ... It shall be the duty of the plaintiff ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 321(b) [effective until Aug. 1, 2026]; see §§ 136(c), 502(d); 6 Del. C. § 18-105(b) (LLCs)
Corrective action available to Delaware
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
... a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)
Additionally
... registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the certificate of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 6 Del. C. § 18-104(d); see § 18-104(i)(4)
Penalty, civil
... file a complete annual franchise tax report with the Secretary of State on or before ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 502(c); see §§ 510, 502(f)
Return to good standing, priced
incFACTS carries no verified figure for returning a Delaware company to good standing at present. We have not requested one. A request would be above average.
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.