LA registered agent
Louisiana. $1 a year.
Louisiana law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Louisiana does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... shall terminate the existence of a corporation if, according to the records of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-1442(A)-(B)
also
... days after the registered office has been vacated, the office of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1308(F)
revocation
... or a registered office in this state, or to maintain records, as required by this Chapter ... C. Upon revocation, the authority of the corporation to ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:313(A)(2), (B), (C)
revocation
... a registered agent or a registered office in this state or to maintain records as required by this Chapter ... (1) The secretary of state shall have given the limited liability company not less ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1353(A)(2), (B)
no court
... in this state shall be permitted to present any judicial demand before any court ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:314(A); La. R.S. 12:1354(A)
fine
... state may impose a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per violation against such ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:314.1(B); La. R.S. 12:1355(B)
the rule
rule
Louisiana says:
... eligible entity that does all of the following: (i) Continuously maintains an office in this state and, in the case of a foreign corporation or foreign eligible entity, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-501(2); see also La. R.S. 12:1308(A)(2) (LLC); La. R.S. 12:308(A)(1) (foreign corporation)
the lawsuit
service
... registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-504(B)
coming back
reinstatement
... is paid for the filing of an annual report for each year between the corporation's last annual report ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: La. R.S. 12:1-1444(F)(2); La. R.S. 12:1308.2(C)(1)(c)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Louisiana 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.
Domestic limited liability companies ... Annual Reports $30
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division - Forms & Fee Schedule (Domestic limited liability companies)
annual report, corporation
$30. Yearly.
Domestic corporations ... Annual Report $30
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division - Forms & Fee Schedule (Domestic corporations)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.