VT registered agent
Vermont. $1 a year.
Vermont law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Vermont does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
revocation
... (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent for service of process or registered office in this State; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(a)(3)-(4)
revocation
... company to transact business in this State ... if: (1) the company does not: ... (B) appoint and maintain an ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4117(a)(1)(B)-(C)
also
... certificate of authority appoints the Secretary of State the foreign corporation's agent for service of process in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(d)
no court
... in this State without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding or raise a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.02(a); 11 V.S.A. § 4119(a)(1)
fine
... of authority shall be liable to the State for: (1) a civil penalty of $50.00 for each ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4119(e)(1)-(2)
the rule
rule
Vermont says:
... this State: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent for service of process ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 5.01; 11 V.S.A. § 4007
the lawsuit
Vermont has a fallback service rule. We did not find it. We did not look.
coming back
reinstatement
... to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State that ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 15.30(e); 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(d); 11 V.S.A. § 4012(a)(17)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Vermont charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$45. Yearly.
Annual report of a domestic limited liability company $45.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11 V.S.A. § 4012
annual report, corporation
$60. Yearly.
(17) Annual report of a domestic corporation $60.00
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: 11A V.S.A. § 1.22(a)(17)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.