MA registered agent
Massachusetts. $1 a year.
Massachusetts law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Massachusetts does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... corporation has failed to comply with the provisions of law requiring the filing of reports with the secretary of state or the filing of any tax returns or the payment of any taxes under chapter 62C ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 14.20; procedure § 14.21
no court
... in the commonwealth without delivering to the secretary of state for filing the certificate required by section 15.03 shall not maintain a proceeding ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 15.02(a)
fine
... fails to register with the state secretary shall, for each year that such failure shall continue, be fined not more than five hundred dollars. ... no action ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156C, § 54(a)
the rule
rule
Massachusetts says:
... not be, the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent who may be any of the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 5.01; see also c. 156C, § 5(2)
the lawsuit
service
... to serve legal process, be found at the business address of such resident agent ... and ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 15.10(b)-(d); see also c. 156C, § 54(b)
coming back
reinstatement
... of state may subject the reinstatement to such terms and conditions, including the payment of reasonable fees, as in his judgment the public interest may require.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 14.22(c)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Massachusetts charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$500. Yearly.
... fee for the filing of the annual report required by subsection (c) shall be five ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MGL c.156C s.12(d)
annual report, corporation
$125. Yearly.
Annual Report $125.00; $150 if not filed timely ($100 if filed ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division Filing Fees - Domestic Profit and Professional Corporations
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.