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Every business entity formed in Washington must appoint a person or business to act as a Registered Agent.
Starting a business in Washington? Get your first year of Registered Agent Service for free when you form with Bizee.
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Registered Agent
Your Washington Registered Agent provides various services, including the acceptance of formal documents and correspondence from the Washington Secretary of State.
Your LLC must have a Registered Agent at all times. You’ll appoint one when you first start your business. You can also replace your existing Washington Registered Agent at a later date, provided there is a smooth transition between the old and new agents.
Registered Agent Requirements
Note that the address for your Washington Registered Agent does not need to be the same as your Washington LLC business address.
A Registered Agent’s main function is to accept official documentation and correspondence.
This includes:
Having a Registered Agent also allows you to prove to the state that your business exists.
Bizee provides complete Washington Registered Agent service for any LLC formed in the state. Even better, if you form your LLC through Bizee, your Registered Agent is completely free for the first year and only $119 a year after that.
Bizee is authorized to conduct business in Washington and able to legally act as your Registered Agent. Here’s what our Washington Registered Agent services include:
When you're forming an LLC in Washington, you must appoint a Registered Agent at that time. You can change the agent at any time after that. Here’s how.
Your business needs to have a Registered Agent as soon as it’s formed. You can do this two ways:
You can change your mind and assign someone else to be your Washington Registered Agent after you’ve formed your LLC. There are a couple of ways to achieve this.
In certain situations, it may be useful to know the name of the Registered Agent that represents another LLC in Washington.
This information is available in the state's business database. If you can’t find the Registered Agent information there, you can request it from the Secretary of State.
If you don’t assign or provide details of a Registered Agent to the Secretary of State, there are several possible ramifications, including:
If you have a business office in the state of Washington, you can elect to be the Registered Agent for your Washington LLC. We don’t recommend this as there can be some drawbacks to this approach:
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