IA registered agent
Iowa. $1 a year.
Iowa law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Iowa does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... administratively, if any of the following apply: ... 3. The corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for sixty days or more. 4. The secretary of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.1420
dissolution
... 3. The limited liability company is without a registered agent or the registered agent does not have a place of business in this state for sixty days or more. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 489.708
revocation
... in subsections 2 and 3, if any of the following applies: ... c. The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.1511(1)
no court
... corporation doing business in this state shall not maintain a proceeding in any court of this state until it is ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.1502(2)
the rule
rule
Iowa says:
... individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office. (2) A domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity whose business office is ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.501(1)(b)
the lawsuit
service
... addressed to the secretary at the corporation's principal office. ... 3. a. The ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.504
coming back
reinstatement
... Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution ... .. $ 5
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.122(1)(s)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Iowa charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$30. Yearly.
... A limited liability company ... b. The fee for an electronic filing through the secretary of state website is $30.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Admin. Code 721-40.7(2)(b) (electronic $30) and 721-40.7(2)(a) (paper $45)
annual report, corporation
$60. Yearly.
ad. Biennial report .... $ 60
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code 490.122(1)(ad) (Iowa Code 2026)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.