OH registered agent
Ohio. $1 a year.
Ohio law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Ohio does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... an agent, the secretary of state shall give notice thereof... Unless the default is ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(M); § 1706.09(L)
revocation
... agent's removal from this state, to designate another agent as required by section 1703.041 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall give notice thereof by certified mail ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1703.15
no court
... any action in any court until it has obtained such license. Before any such corporation shall maintain such action on any cause of action arising at the time when it was not licensed to transact ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1703.29(A), (C)
fine
... 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which transacts business in this state without being so licensed, or when its license ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1703.28
the rule
rule
Ohio says:
... whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by statute to be served upon a corporation may be ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(A), (C)(2); § 1706.09(A); § 1703.041(A)
the lawsuit
service
... maintain an agent as required by this section, and if... the party... shall have filed with the secretary of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(H); § 1706.09(H)(2); § 1703.19
coming back
reinstatement
... by filing, within two years of the cancellation, on a form prescribed by the secretary ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Ohio Rev. Code § 1701.07(M); § 1706.09(L); § 1703.15
compliance
No.
the annual report
Not verified for Ohio. We could not be bothered.
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.