WV registered agent
West Virginia. $1 a year.
West Virginia law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what West Virginia does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... not notify the Secretary of State within 60 days that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1420(a)(2)
revocation
... State under section one thousand five hundred eight or one thousand five hundred nine of this article that its registered agent or registered ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1530(2)
revocation
... company fails to: ... (iii) File a statement of a change in the name or business address ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-10-1006(a)(1)(iii)
no court
... transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-15-1502(a)
also
... hundred twenty-one of this article may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement within two years after the effective date of dissolution. The ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-14-1422(a)
the rule
rule
West Virginia says:
... as any of its places of business; and (2) A registered agent, who ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31D-5-501; § 31B-1-108(a)-(b)
the lawsuit
service
... fails to appoint or maintain an agent for service of process in this state or the agent for service ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: W. Va. Code § 31B-1-111(b); see also § 31D-5-504(b)-(c)
coming back
Not verified for West Virginia. Not looked up either.
compliance
No.
the annual report
West Virginia charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$25. Yearly.
... pay an annual report fee of $25 for the services of the Secretary of State ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
annual report, corporation
$25. Yearly.
... corporation, limited partnership, domestic limited liability company, and foreign limited liability company ... shall pay an annual report fee of ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-2A/
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.