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Missouri requires every LLC to keep a registered agent at a Missouri 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 Missouri 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 and statute | Missouri calls it a "registered agent" at a "registered office." RSMo 347.030.1 says every LLC must "have and continuously maintain in this state" both. | revisor.mo.gov |
| Who can serve | The agent can be an individual Missouri resident, or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to do business in Missouri. In either case the agent's business office must be the same as the LLC's registered office (RSMo 347.030.1(2)). The Secretary of State says the registered office must be a physical location where process can be served. A P.O. box is allowed only alongside a physical street address in the same city. A retail mailing store such as a UPS Store cannot be the registered office. | sos.mo.gov |
| Changing the agent (LLC) | File Form Corp. 59, the Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office (the same form covers corporations and LLCs). The fee is $10. The new agent must sign a written consent on the form or attach one. The agent and address must be in Missouri. Send it by mail or in person to the Corporations Division, PO Box 778 / 600 W. Main St., Rm. 322, Jefferson City, MO. The change takes effect when the SOS files it (RSMo 347.030.2–.3). | sos.mo.gov |
| Agent resignation (separate filing) | Yes, resignation is a separate filing. The agent files Form LLC 6, the Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent of Limited Liability Company, for a $10 fee. A copy of the written notice sent to the LLC must be attached. The resignation takes effect 30 days after the SOS receives it, or sooner if a new agent is appointed (RSMo 347.030.6). | sos.mo.gov |
| If the LLC has no agent | Missouri law does not administratively dissolve an LLC for having no agent. Instead, under RSMo 347.033.3, while the LLC fails to appoint or keep an agent, the Secretary of State automatically becomes its agent for service. The SOS forwards any papers by registered mail to the organizer's address in the articles of organization, which may be out of date. | revisor.mo.gov |
| Who is served if the agent can't be found | Papers may be served on an 'authorized person' (a manager, or a member if the LLC is member-managed) instead of the agent. If neither the agent nor an authorized person can be found with due diligence, they may be served on an organizer. If none of them can be found, or no agent is kept, the Secretary of State is the agent for service. The SOS keeps copies for five years (RSMo 347.033.2–.3). | revisor.mo.gov |
| Missouri-specific rule | Missouri has a fallback chain that is unusual: service goes to the registered agent, then an authorized person, then the organizer, and only then the Secretary of State. Missouri LLCs also file no annual report, so the registered agent on file changes only when someone files Corp. 59 or LLC 6. | revisor.mo.gov |
| 2026 landlord-LLC affidavit | As amended effective 8/28/2026 (H.B. 2508), RSMo 347.048 requires LLCs that rent out or own vacant property in certain Missouri home-rule cities to file a free affidavit with the city clerk. The same applies in counties over one million people after repeated ordinance violations and a failed resolution attempt with the LLC's registered agent. The affidavit names a natural person with management control of the property. | revisor.mo.gov |
Allowed in general if you have a Missouri 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 Missouri address on the public record.
A Missouri 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 Missouri calendar is tracked for you. Ours, through our partner Registered Agents Inc, is $74.25 a year.
Not legal advice. Who may serve in Missouri 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 Missouri filings, fees and agent problems go to the same address. Unanswered, they turn into penalties, loss of good standing and eventually administrative dissolution.
Private mailers copy state seals to sell you things you do not owe. Run any notice through the free triage to see what needs action, what can wait, and what to bin.
No annual report or fee for LLCs.
So in Missouri the registered agent is not one obligation among several yearly filings; it is the standing one. Federal filings, local licenses and any other state you are registered in still run on their own calendars. What a Missouri LLC still owes each year.
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How to change your Missouri registered agent: the form and state fee.
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Form my Missouri LLC$10. File Form Corp. 59 (Statement of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office) with the new agent's written consent. 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 for a retail mailing store. A P.O. box can be listed only together with a physical street address in the same city, because process must be served at a physical location.
Under RSMo 347.033.3 the Secretary of State automatically becomes the LLC's agent for service. The SOS forwards papers by registered mail to the organizer's address in the articles of organization.
30 days after the SOS receives the LLC 6 statement, or sooner if the LLC appoints a new agent. The filing fee is $10.
Yes. Missouri, like every state and DC, requires an LLC or corporation to continuously maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in Missouri 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 Missouri 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.
Yes. No annual report or fee for LLCs. The registered-agent requirement is separate and does not go away: it applies every day the LLC exists, regardless of whether the state asks for a yearly report.
$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? Missouri LLC name search. Opening a bank account? Missouri certificate of good standing. Starting from scratch? How to start an LLC in Missouri, and the full LLC cost in Missouri. Selling taxable goods? Missouri sales tax permit.
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