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Idaho requires every LLC to keep a registered agent at an Idaho street address, staffed during business hours, on file every day the company exists. Through our partner Registered Agents Inc, that agent is $74.25 a year, one price in every state and the same at renewal.
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From Idaho law and its filing office, each with its source: the term it uses, who can serve, the form to change agents, and what happens if the agent lapses.
| Rule | What the official source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Legal term | Idaho uses "registered agent" and splits agents into two kinds: a commercial registered agent (a person or business listed with the Secretary of State as being in the business of serving as an agent) and a noncommercial registered agent (anyone else). Every domestic filing entity, including an LLC, must designate and maintain a registered agent in Idaho (Idaho Code 30-21-402). | legislature.idaho.gov |
| Who can serve | The agent must be an Idaho resident individual or a business entity authorized to do business in Idaho, with a physical street address in Idaho (no P.O. boxes or commercial mail boxes), available during normal business hours. You can be your own agent if you have an Idaho address. An assumed business name (DBA) cannot be a registered agent. Filings must state an Idaho street address plus an Idaho mailing address if different (Idaho Code 30-21-403). | sos.idaho.gov |
| Changing the agent | Form: Statement of Change of Registered Agent, Registered Office, or Both. Base filing fee $0. The paper form costs $20 for manual processing (plus optional $40 expedite or $100 same-day). The new agent must sign to accept. Mail or deliver to the Secretary of State, 450 N 4th Street, PO Box 83720, Boise ID 83720-0080. Idaho's fee statute charges the $20 manual-entry surcharge only on forms not generated by its online system (SOSBiz). | archive.sos.idaho.gov |
| Changing the agent on the annual report | If an LLC's annual report lists a different registered agent name or address than the state's records, that report counts as a statement of change of agent. Idaho annual reports have no fee (Idaho Code 30-21-213(e), 30-21-214(b)(7)). | legislature.idaho.gov |
| Agent resignation | The agent files a statement of resignation; no fee. It takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after filing, or sooner if the LLC names a new agent. The agent must notify the LLC. An agent can resign even if the LLC is not in good standing (Idaho Code 30-21-410, 30-21-214(b)(21)). | legislature.idaho.gov |
| If the LLC has no agent | The Secretary of State can start administrative dissolution if an LLC has no registered agent in Idaho for 60 days in a row, or has not reported an agent change or resignation within 60 days. The LLC then has 60 days after notice to fix it before being dissolved. It can apply for reinstatement ($30) within 10 years (Idaho Code 30-21-601 to 30-21-603). | legislature.idaho.gov |
| Public search | The Secretary of State says its free business search at sosbiz.idaho.gov shows business information and registered agents. The office also posts a list of registered agents named in filings from the last 14 days (PDF), as Idaho Code 30-21-404(c) requires. | sos.idaho.gov |
| If the agent can't be found | If the LLC has no agent or the agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence, the LLC can be served by registered or certified mail (or a similar commercial delivery service) to its principal office as shown on its most recent annual report. Service takes effect on receipt, on the signed return-receipt date, or 5 days after mailing, whichever is first. If that also fails, a copy can be handed to the person in charge of any regular place of business. Idaho does not route this service through the Secretary of State (Idaho Code 30-21-412). | legislature.idaho.gov |
| Commercial agent listing | A business can list itself as a commercial registered agent by filing a commercial registered agent listing statement ($100). An LLC using a listed commercial agent names only the agent, not its address; the agent's listing supplies the address (Idaho Code 30-21-404, 30-21-405, 30-21-214). | legislature.idaho.gov |
| Agent's legal duties | Under Idaho Code 30-21-413, a registered agent's only duties are to forward process to the LLC at its most recent address, send required notices, and keep its own filed information current. | legislature.idaho.gov |
Allowed in general if you have an Idaho street address and are reliably there in business hours. Free, but your address becomes public record, a process server can arrive in front of customers, and every trip out of town is a gap in coverage.
Works until it doesn't: they move, change jobs, or sign for a summons and forget to mention it. The lawsuit does not pause because the agent was a favor. You also need their Idaho address on the public record.
An Idaho office, staffed, whose only job is to be there. Notices are scanned the day they arrive, your home address stays off the registry, and the Idaho calendar is tracked for you. Ours, through our partner Registered Agents Inc, is $74.25 a year.
Not legal advice. Who may serve in Idaho is in the sourced table above.
Service on the registered agent counts as service on the company. If the papers stop there, deadlines to respond run anyway, and the other side can ask the court to rule without hearing from you.
State notices about Idaho filings, fees and agent problems go to the same address. Unanswered, they turn into penalties, loss of good standing and eventually administrative dissolution.
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The registered agent is the address Idaho writes to about the Idaho annual report, due the last day of your formation anniversary month with a state fee of $0.
An agent who scans the reminder the day it lands is the difference between filing on time and finding out from a late notice. Our dashboard tracks the Idaho date from the day you sign up. Exact due date, official filing link and free reminders on the Idaho annual report page.
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How to change your Idaho registered agent: the form and state fee.
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Form my Idaho LLCThe base filing fee is $0. The paper Statement of Change of Registered Agent, Registered Office, or Both costs $20 for manual processing. You can also change the agent on the annual report, which has no fee. To switch to Registered Agents Inc through us, our change-of-agent order form collects what the filing needs and we handle the paperwork.
No. The Secretary of State says assumed business names cannot be registered agents. The agent needs a physical Idaho street address, not a P.O. box or commercial mail box.
If the LLC has no agent for 60 days in a row, the Secretary of State can start administrative dissolution. The LLC then has 60 days after notice to fix the problem before it is dissolved (Idaho Code 30-21-601 and 30-21-602).
At 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after the resignation is filed, or sooner if the LLC names a new agent. There is no filing fee for the resignation.
Yes. Idaho, like every state and DC, requires an LLC or corporation to continuously maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in Idaho who is available during normal business hours to accept service of process and official state mail. A P.O. box does not qualify.
Generally yes, if you have an Idaho street address and someone is reliably there during business hours. The trade-offs: your home address becomes public record, a process server can appear at your door in front of customers or family, and a missed delivery while you travel can mean a lawsuit proceeds without your knowledge. Confirm eligibility on the official state portal linked above.
Not automatically. The Idaho annual report is due the last day of your formation anniversary month, state fee $0. With registered agent service through our partner Registered Agents Inc, we track that date on your dashboard and remind you; filing it is a separate order. See the Idaho annual report page for the official filing link.
$74.25 per year per company, the same in every state and the same at renewal. The service is provided through our partner Registered Agents Inc. Every notice the agent receives is scanned to your dashboard and triaged by urgency; legal notices are held for your review. Checkout adds a $2.22 card processing fee, so $76.47 is due today. Order through the registered agent order form; nothing is filed without an order.
No. Vermilion Vitez is a filing-services company, not a law firm. This page is educational, sourced reference information (the last-verified date is at the top); confirm requirements on the official state site or with a professional before acting.
Each state where the LLC is formed or registered to do business as a foreign LLC needs its own in-state agent. Checking a name first? Idaho LLC name search. Opening a bank account? Idaho certificate of good standing. Starting from scratch? How to start an LLC in Idaho, and the full LLC cost in Idaho. Selling taxable goods? Idaho sales tax permit.
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