DC registered agent
Registered agent service in District of Columbia, $37 per year, within tolerance
District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia annual report, an average obligation
District of Columbia 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
$300 per year. Average.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Limited Liability Company'
Annual report charge, corporation
$300 per year. Average.
Biennial report $300.00
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: DLCP 'Corporations Division Fees - Business Corporation'
Expectations set by District of Columbia
Expectation
As set out in the District of Columbia code:
... the District as the registered agent of an entity; (B) An individual who holds the office or other position in an entity who ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.02(28); sec. 29-104.02; sec. 29-104.03
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
... declaration under penalty of making false statements showing that a registered agent for the entity cannot be found, the Mayor shall ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-104.12(b), (d)
Corrective action available to District of Columbia
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
... under § 29-106.02 to dissolve a domestic filing entity administratively if the entity ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.01(3); sec. 29-106.02(b)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... section if the entity does not: ... (3) Have a registered agent as required by § 29-104.02; or (4) Deliver to ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.11(a)(3)-(4)
Penalty, civil
... of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may impose civil fines and penalties pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2, on any person who: ... (5) Fails ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-101.06(a)(5)
Standing in court withdrawn
... limited liability partnership doing business in the District may ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-105.02(b)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... and penalties that were due to the Mayor at the time of its administrative dissolution and all fees and penalties that would have been due ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: D.C. Code sec. 29-106.03(b)
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.