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.
... collects 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.
... Limited partnership periodic report (Form 804) $50*
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:
The registered agent ... may be: (A) an individual who: (i) is a resident of 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
... or (B) the registered agent of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the entity; ...
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
... or (B) maintain a registered agent or registered office in this state as required by law...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 11.251(b)(1)(B)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (B) maintain a registered agent or registered office in this state as required by law...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.101(b)(1)(B)
Standing in court withdrawn
... action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this state, brought either directly by the entity or in the form of a derivative action in the entity's name, on a cause of action that arises out of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.051(b)
Penalty, civil
... and (2) penalties and interest imposed by law for failure to pay those fees and taxes.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.052(a)
Additionally
... For purposes of computing the fee, a partial calendar year is counted as a full calendar year.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.054
Additionally
... An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's intent is to defraud or harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
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
... for reinstatement of a corporation or registration as a foreign corporation after involuntary ...
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.