Your registered agent appointment renews every year, and it cannot be allowed to lapse. Renew with Brio on a flat annual fee, or switch from your current provider in one filing. We handle the paperwork either way.
Flat annual fee, all 50 states. Same-day scanning of anything that arrives, and reminders before your state deadlines.
It's a small yearly item that quietly holds up everything else.
Every US state requires your company to keep a registered agent on file: a physical address in your formation state where legal notices and state mail can be delivered. The appointment runs for a year at a time, and it has to stay current for as long as the company exists.
Most founders meet that date in one of three ways. The renewal invoice arrives and they simply pay it. The invoice arrives at a price much higher than last year, and they start looking around. Or nothing arrives at all, because the card on file expired or the provider stopped chasing, and the appointment quietly lapses.
All three end up in the same place: this page. Renewing with us and switching to us are the same amount of work for you, which is none.
Three situations, one outcome: an agent that is current, reachable, and watched.
You already know the date and just want it handled without another invoice to chase. We renew you on a flat annual fee and remind you before it comes round again.
Introductory pricing that jumps at renewal is common in this industry. Switching is a single state filing, and you do not have to wait for your current term to end.
Your agent resigned, or the renewal was missed. This is fixable in most states: we appoint ourselves and, where needed, clear the filings your state wants before it will accept the change.
The same service on both paths, whether you're renewing with us or arriving from another provider.
A real street address, staffed during business hours, listed as your agent of record. We cover all 50 states, so a second state later is not a second provider.
Anything served on your company or sent by the state is scanned the same business day and emailed to you, with a short note on what it is.
We prompt you ahead of your state's annual report or franchise tax, and we can file it for you when the time comes.
If you're moving from another provider, we prepare the change-of-agent filing, submit it, and take over on the date the state records the change.
Our address is the one the state publishes, where your state allows it. Some states still display member or organizer details regardless, and we'll tell you which yours does.
No card-on-file surprises and no silent lapses. You'll know what is due before it is due.
With no agent on file, legal papers can be served on your company without ever reaching you, and a court can enter a default judgment in a case you never knew existed.
The state also marks the company as not in good standing, which is the status banks, lenders and marketplaces check before they approve anything. Left long enough, it ends in administrative dissolution. Reinstatement is usually possible, and it always costs more than the renewal would have.
Company name and state. If you're switching, we don't need anything from your current provider to get started.
Renewing with us is instant on our side. Switching is a change-of-agent filing with the state, prepared and submitted by us. Processing time varies by state.
From the date the state records the change, anything sent to your company reaches our address and lands in your inbox the same business day.
Your appointment renews on a flat annual fee and we track the date, so it never quietly expires. See the wider yearly picture in our compliance checklist.
Yes. You do not have to wait for a renewal date. It's a change-of-agent filing with the state: we prepare it, submit it, and take over once the state records the change. Whatever unused time is left with your old provider is between you and them, so check their refund policy before you cancel.
It depends on the state. Some accept a change of agent at no charge, others charge a small filing fee. We tell you the exact amount for your state before anything is submitted, on top of our flat annual fee.
States generally allow a window to appoint a replacement before the company stops being in good standing, and the length varies. Treat it as urgent rather than routine: until a new agent is on file, service of process can go unanswered. Send us the company name and state and we'll tell you where you stand.
The handover point is the date the state records the change, and from that moment anything new comes to us. Ask your current provider to forward anything that arrives before then, since we cannot collect mail from their address.
No, and it matters. The agent address is for legal notices and state correspondence, not for customers, suppliers, marketplaces or bank statements. For everyday business post you want a US mailing address, which is a separate service.
Yes. We take over as registered agent for any US company, whoever formed it and wherever it was formed. Plenty of our agent clients came to us at renewal rather than at formation.
Renew on a flat annual fee, or move your agent to Brio in a single filing. Same-day scanning, real reminders, and no renewal surprises.
