TX registered agent
Registered agent service in Texas, $37 per year, within tolerance
Texas 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 Texas annual report, an average obligation
Annual report charge, LLC
Texas bills no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. There is nothing to economize on here, which we found unremarkable.
... management information for corporations and LLCs from the entity's Public Information Report (PIR) that are filed as part of the entity's ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS Management and Ownership FAQs #3
Annual report charge, corporation
Texas bills no annual report fee, per the guidance quoted below. There is nothing to economize on here, which we found unremarkable.
... report (Form 802) $5*; Annual statement of a professional association (Form 803) $35; Limited ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: TX SOS SOSDirect Fee Schedule, 'Reports' section
Expectations set by Texas
Expectation
As set out in the Texas code:
... or (B) an organization, other than the filing entity or foreign filing entity to be represented, that: (i) is registered or authorized to do business in this state; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.201(b)-(c)
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
... fails to appoint or does not maintain a registered agent in this state; or (B) the registered agent of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 5.251
Corrective action available to Texas
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
... 91st day after the date notice was mailed has not corrected the entity's failure to: (A) file a report within the period required by law or pay a fee or penalty prescribed by law when due and ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 11.251(b)(1)(B)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... before the 91st day after the date notice was mailed, has not corrected the entity's failure to: (A) file a report within the period required by law or pay a fee or penalty prescribed by ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.101(b)(1)(B)
Standing in court withdrawn
... of this state, brought either directly by the entity or in the form of a derivative action ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.051(b)
Penalty, civil
... a civil penalty in an amount equal to all: (1) fees and taxes that would have been imposed by law ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.052(a)
Additionally
... the registration fee for the foreign filing entity multiplied by the number of calendar years that the entity transacted business in this state without being ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.054
Additionally
... a person the registered agent of a represented entity without the person's consent. ... An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 5.207, 4.008(b)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... application for reinstatement of a corporation or registration ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 4.152(14)
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.