ND registered agent
North Dakota. $1 a year.
North Dakota law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what North Dakota does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... secretary of state if: (1) The corporation has failed to appoint and maintain a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(1); § 10-32.1-90(1)
revocation
... may be revoked by the secretary of state if: (1) The foreign corporation has failed to: (a) Appoint and maintain a registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(2); § 10-32.1-90(2)
also
... the registered agent or any other required record... the secretary of state shall restore ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-146.1(3)
the rule
rule
North Dakota says:
... listed as a commercial registered agent under section 10-01.1-06 that serves in this state as the agent for service of process for another entity and that is: a. An individual residing in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-02(2), (19), (32); § 10-19.1-15; § 10-32.1-16
the lawsuit
service
... a foreign entity transacts business without a certificate of authority; b. When a domestic entity has been dissolved; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-01.1-13(1), (3), (5)-(6); § 10-32.1-19(2)
coming back
reinstatement
... involuntary dissolution of a corporation, or the revocation of the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, the reinstatement fee of one ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. § 10-19.1-147(24)(a)(3); § 10-32.1-92(25)(a)(2); § 10-19.1-146(8)
compliance
No.
the annual report
North Dakota charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$50. Yearly.
... Filing an annual report of a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company, fifty dollars.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-32.1-92(25)
annual report, corporation
$25. Yearly.
... Filing an annual report of a corporation or foreign corporation, twenty-five ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: N.D.C.C. 10-19.1-147(24)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.