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Kentucky requires every LLC to keep a registered agent at a Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 | Kentucky uses "registered agent" and "registered office." Every entity, including an LLC, must keep both in Kentucky at all times (KRS 14A.4-010). Kentucky has no separate commercial registered agent listing system. | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| Who can serve | The agent can be a Kentucky resident individual whose business address is the registered office, or an entity authorized to do business in Kentucky whose business address is the registered office (KRS 14A.4-010(1)). The SOS form says the office must be a Kentucky street address or other specific location; a P.O. box is not enough. It also says the company being formed cannot be its own registered agent. | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| Changing the agent | Form RAC, Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Address. Fee $10. The new agent must give written consent on the form. You can file it on paper (Business Filings, PO Box 718, Frankfort KY 40602) or online through the SOS FastTrack 'Change Registered Agent / Office' service. The change takes effect when the Secretary of State files it (KRS 14A.4-020). | sos.ky.gov |
| Agent resignation | The agent files form SRA, Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent. No fee. The SOS mails copies to the registered office and to the entity's principal office. The resignation takes effect when a successor agent is appointed or on the 31st day after filing, whichever comes first (KRS 14A.4-030). Online filing is available through FastTrack ('Resign a Registered Agent'). | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| If the LLC has no agent | The Secretary of State may start administrative dissolution if the entity has no registered office or registered agent in Kentucky for 60 days or more, or does not report within 60 days that its agent changed or resigned (KRS 14A.7-010). | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| Public search | The SOS Business Entity Search is free and shows the documents on file. The same portal has a separate Registered Agent Search. | sosbes.sos.ky.gov |
| If the agent can't be found | If the entity has no agent, or the agent cannot be served with reasonable diligence, process can be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the entity at its principal office. Service is complete when received, on the signed return-receipt date, or 5 days after mailing, whichever is first. The law does not make the Secretary of State the substitute agent (KRS 14A.4-040). | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| Communications contact | Each entity must give its registered agent the name, business address, and business phone number of a person authorized to receive communications from the agent, and keep that current. If it doesn't, the agent may resign (KRS 14A.4-010(3)). | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
| Agent changes its own address | A registered agent that moves can update the registered office for every entity it represents by notifying each entity in writing and filing a statement. The fee is $10 per affected entity, capped at $2,000 total (KRS 14A.4-020(2)). | apps.legislature.ky.gov |
Allowed in general if you have a Kentucky 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 Kentucky address on the public record.
A Kentucky 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 Kentucky calendar is tracked for you. Ours, through our partner Registered Agents Inc, is $74.25 a year.
Not legal advice. Who may serve in Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky writes to about the Kentucky annual report, due June 30 every year with a state fee of $15.
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 Kentucky date from the day you sign up. Exact due date, official filing link and free reminders on the Kentucky annual report page.
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How to change your Kentucky registered agent: the form and state fee.
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Form my Kentucky LLC$10, using form RAC (Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office Address). You can also file it online through the Secretary of State's FastTrack service. 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's filing instructions say the company cannot act as its own registered agent. A Kentucky resident individual or a qualified entity has to serve, at a Kentucky street address.
By registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the LLC's principal office. Service is complete no later than 5 days after mailing (KRS 14A.4-040).
After 60 days or more without a registered agent or office, the Secretary of State may begin administrative dissolution (KRS 14A.7-010).
Yes. Kentucky, like every state and DC, requires an LLC or corporation to continuously maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in Kentucky 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 a Kentucky 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 Kentucky annual report is due June 30 every year, state fee $15. 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 Kentucky 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? Kentucky LLC name search. Opening a bank account? Kentucky certificate of good standing. Starting from scratch? How to start an LLC in Kentucky, and the full LLC cost in Kentucky. Selling taxable goods? Kentucky sales tax permit.
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