WI registered agent
Wisconsin. $1 a year.
Wisconsin law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Wisconsin does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
dissolution
... or registered office in this state for at least one year. (4) The corporation does not notify the department within one year that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1420(3)-(4)
dissolution
... in this state for at least one year. (d) The company does not notify the department within one year ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 183.0708(1)(c)-(d)
also
... corporation's right to the exclusive use of its corporate name terminates on the effective date of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1421(4)
revocation
... registered office in this state for at least 6 months. (d) The foreign corporation does not notify the department under s. 180.1508 or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1530(1)(c)-(d)
no court
... in this state without a certificate of authority, if a certificate of authority is required under s. 180.1501, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1502(1)
fine
... which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all of the following: 1. All fees and other charges that would have been imposed ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.1502(5)(a)
the rule
rule
Wisconsin says:
... must be an actual physical location with a street address and not solely a post office box, mailbox service, or telephone answering service. The registered agent shall be any of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.0501(1m)-(2m); § 183.0115
the lawsuit
service
... or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar delivery service, addressed to the corporation at its principal ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. § 180.0504(2)-(3)
coming back
Not verified for Wisconsin. Not looked up either.
compliance
No.
the annual report
Wisconsin 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.
... Annual report of a domestic limited liability ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Wis. Stat. s. 183.0122(2)(a)17.
annual report, corporation
$25. Yearly.
180.0122(1m)(x) Annual report of a domestic ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/180/I/0122
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.