A registered agent is a legal role. A mailbox is not.
Filing Address prices the vendor bill over three years. Pick a page. The tables live on the notes, not here.
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3-year cost
RA-only vendor fees run $375–$497 over three years. Formation stacks are a different bill.
CompareNorthwest vs ZenBusiness vs Bizee
Same three vendors, side by side. Year-one ads vs the real renewal.
The distinctionAgent vs mailbox
A scan-and-forward street is not service of process. Four secretaries of state say so.
Also
LegalZoom renewal
RA is $249/year — the list price is the ongoing bill. Basic formation excludes RA.
ZenBusiness renewal
Standalone RA is $99 year 1, then $199. Starter does not renew.
Bizee renewal
RA is free year 1 with formation, then $149/year. Packages are one-time.
Northwest vs LegalZoom
RA-only $375 vs $747 over three years. Flat list vs brand foil.
Northwest vs Bizee
RA-only $375 vs $447 over three years. Do not hero Bizee Basic $0.
Northwest vs ZenBusiness
RA-only $375 vs $497 over three years. Flat list vs $99→$199 renewal.
Leave LegalZoom RA
Cancel is not the state filing. Proof of successor or billing continues.
Leave ZenBusiness RA
RA cannot be self-canceled online. State change first, then support with proof.
Leave Bizee RA
Cancel is not the state filing. Appoint successor, file SOS change, then notify Bizee.
Change of agent
State filings are cheap. Vendor lock-in is not.
LLC EIN / Form SS-4
IRS EIN is free. Mailing vs street address; RA is a different job.
LLC annual report
State filing vs RA vendor renewal. Sixteen-state fee table.
Virtual address for an LLC
What a mailbox costs, and what it cannot be.
PO box as registered agent
A USPS box (and most CMRA streets) is not a lawful registered office.
Physical vs mailing address
Registered office ≠ IRS street ≠ mailbox. Three address jobs mashed into one phrase.
Be your own registered agent
Usually yes if you live in the state. The cost is your address on the record.
Registered agent in every state?
No. Formation state plus each foreign registration. Sixteen-state foreign LLC fee table.
No registered agent?
Service goes around you, then the state dissolves the LLC. Wyoming reinstatement is $350.
Is the agent address public?
Yes, on one line. Texas, Illinois, Arizona, and California also want manager or member addresses.
Home address as registered agent
Usually lawful as a street office — and public. A PO box still fails.