WA registered agent
Washington. $1 a year.
Washington law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Washington does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... state may commence a proceeding under RCW 23.95.610 to dissolve a domestic entity administratively if: ... (3) The entity does not have a registered agent in this state for thirty consecutive days
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.605(3); procedure and effect at RCW 23.95.610
revocation
... in the manner provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section if: ... (c) The entity does not have a registered agent as required by RCW 23.95.405; (d) The ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.550(1)(c)-(d)
no court
... may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it is registered to do business in this state and has paid ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.505(2)
also
... to this state, for the years or parts thereof during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of registration, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.505(5)
the rule
rule
Washington says:
... is: (a) An individual or domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state as the registered agent of an ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.405; 23.95.105(22); 23.95.410; 23.95.415(1)
the lawsuit
service
... be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.450(2)-(4)
coming back
reinstatement
... of all annual license or renewal fees which would have been assessed during the period of administrative dissolution had the entity been in ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: RCW 23.95.615(2)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Washington charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$70. Yearly.
(p) Annual report Seventy dollars
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: WAC 434-112-085(7)(p)
annual report, corporation
$70. Yearly.
(p) Annual report Seventy dollars
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: WAC 434-112-085(7)(p)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.