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Ohio requires every LLC to keep a registered agent at an Ohio 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.
$74.25 a year + $2.22 card processing fee at checkout: $76.47 due today.
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Ohio follows the rule every state and DC share: an LLC or corporation must continuously maintain a registered agent, and that agent must have a physical street address in Ohio (a registered office) where someone is available during normal business hours. The agent's job is to accept service of process, the papers that start a lawsuit, and official mail from the state, then get them to you fast.
Universal requirements stated in general terms. Ohio's exact wording, forms and fees are on the official portal to the right.
Allowed in general if you have an Ohio 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 Ohio address on the public record.
An Ohio 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 Ohio calendar is tracked for you. Ours, through our partner Registered Agents Inc, is $74.25 a year.
Not legal advice. Eligibility details, for example whether an out-of-state entity may serve, are set by Ohio and are on the official portal 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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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 an Ohio LLC still owes each year.
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One price in every state, the same at renewal. Order only what you need; nothing is filed without an order.
For comparison, Northwest publishes $125 a year, ZenBusiness $99 on its eligible first-year offer then $199, and LegalZoom $249 (their pricing pages, checked ). Compare provider prices, renewals, and included services
$74.25 / yr+ $2.22 card processing fee at checkout, $76.47 due today
An Ohio street address on file, every notice scanned to your dashboard and triaged by urgency, every Ohio deadline tracked from day one.
Get an agent in Ohio$41.25 service fee+ $1.23 card processing fee at checkout, $42.48 due today. The state’s filing fee is invoiced after.
Already have an agent who is slow, expensive, or gone? We prepare the Ohio change-of-agent filing, and the new agent takes over from the day it is accepted.
How to change your Ohio registered agent: the form and state fee.
Change my agentFrom $123.75 + state fee+ card processing fee at checkout
Starting fresh in Ohio? Form the LLC and add the agent in the same order, so the articles list a compliant address from the first filing. You own it outright: no subscription, no upsell.
Form my Ohio LLCYes. Ohio, like every state and DC, requires an LLC or corporation to continuously maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in Ohio 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 Ohio 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.
You file a change-of-agent form with Ohio's business-filings agency. The current form, fee and processing time are published on the state's own site, which is why we link it instead of reprinting figures that change. If you switch to Registered Agents Inc through us, our change-of-agent order form collects what the filing needs and we handle the paperwork.
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? Ohio LLC name search. Opening a bank account? Ohio certificate of good standing. Starting from scratch? How to start an LLC in Ohio, and the full LLC cost in Ohio. Selling taxable goods? Ohio sales tax permit.
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$74.25 a year (+ $2.22 card processing fee at checkout), notices in your dashboard the day they arrive, and the Ohio calendar tracked for you.
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