RI registered agent
Rhode Island. $1 a year.
Rhode Island law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Rhode Island does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state as required by this chapter; or (5) The corporation has ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1310(a)(4)-(5)
revocation
... may be revoked by the secretary of state ... when: ... (2) The corporation fails to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1414(a)(2)-(3)
dissolution
... days to appoint and maintain a resident agent in this state as required by this ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-41(a)(4)-(5)
fine
... who designates a registered agent for that corporation without the registered agent's authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be punished ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-501(b)
the rule
rule
Rhode Island says:
... who may be: (i) An individual resident in this state; (ii) A domestic corporation, a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-501(a); § 7-16-11(a) (LLC)
the lawsuit
service
... whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the secretary of state is an agent of the corporation upon whom any ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-503(b); § 7-16-11(e) (LLC)
coming back
reinstatement
... of revocation of a corporation, whether domestic or foreign, a penalty in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each year or part of a year that has ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1602(b)(1); § 7-1.2-1312(a); § 7-16-43(a)(2) (LLC)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Rhode Island 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.
For filing an annual report, a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00)
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-65(13)
annual report, corporation
$50. Yearly.
An annual report, fifty dollars ($50.00)
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1602
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.