DE registered agent

Delaware. $1 a year.

Delaware law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.

what Delaware does about it

The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.

dissolution

... State, fails to obtain and designate a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)

revocation

... to obtain and designate a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by the registered ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 136(b); see § 132(f)(4)

also

... obtain and designate a new registered agent as aforesaid prior to the expiration of the period of 30 days after the filing by ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 6 Del. C. § 18-104(d); see § 18-104(i)(4)

fine

... the part of any corporation to file a complete annual franchise tax report with the Secretary of State on or ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 502(c); see §§ 510, 502(f)

the rule

rule

Delaware says:

... (3) A domestic corporation (other than the corporation itself), a domestic partnership ..., a domestic limited liability company or a domestic statutory trust; ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 132(a), (b); accord 6 Del. C. § 18-104(a) (LLCs)

the lawsuit

service

... it shall be lawful to serve the process against the corporation upon the Secretary of State, and such service shall be as effectual for all intents and purposes as if made ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 8 Del. C. § 321(b) [effective until Aug. 1, 2026]; see §§ 136(c), 502(d); 6 Del. C. § 18-105(b) (LLCs)

coming back

Not verified for Delaware. Not looked up either.

compliance

No.

the annual report

Delaware charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.

annual report, corporation

$50. Yearly.

... an Annual Report or Amended Annual Report for non-exempt domestic corporations the filing fee is ...

Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://corp.delaware.gov/frtax/

incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.

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