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Who can be a foreign LLC's registered agent in New Hampshire, and how to replace one

A foreign LLC registering in New Hampshire needs an agent resident in New Hampshire and a registered office at that agent's street address, and changing either later costs $15 on Form 10. The agent is where lawsuits and state notices land.

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Who may be the agent?

The statute allows a resident individual, a corporation organized or authorized under RSA 292, 293-A or 294-A, an LLC formed or authorized under RSA 304-C, or an LLP under RSA 304-A:44, in each case with a business office identical to the registered office. The form instructions are plainer: the agent must reside in New Hampshire, and an application naming no agent or an out-of-state address is not processed. In practice that means a resident you trust or a commercial agent authorized here.

The registered office

The office is the registered agent's business address, where the agent can be found for in-hand service of process. It must be a street address. A mailbox does not meet the idea of an office where someone can be found for in-hand delivery.

What the agent receives

The agent accepts service of process if the LLC is sued. A revocation notice goes by mail to the principal office on file, so that address matters as much as the agent's. Make sure both belong to someone who opens mail.

Losing the agent

Sixty days with neither an agent nor an office is, on its own, enough for the Secretary of State to start revocation. Revocation does not end the agent's own authority. If your agent resigns or moves, appoint a replacement quickly.

What a change costs

Form 10 costs $15. Registering and then changing the agent comes to $115 in state charges. The next annual report restates whoever is agent at that date.

Replacing the agent or the office

A change is made by statement of change on Form 10 for $15. The statement sets out the name, the current and any new registered office street address, the current and any new agent, and a statement that the office and the agent's business office will be identical. Online filing is listed for Form 10.

If you have no agent here

An unregistered LLC doing business is deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State to accept process. Service on the Secretary of State has the same force as personal service, but the papers then take a detour to you.

A friend, an employee or a company

A New Hampshire friend may serve if they live in the state and keep a street office, though people move and forget. An employee who lives here can serve, but then the office must be where the agent can be found. A commercial agent is a business whose job is to receive papers and forward them.

Local providers and the in-person step

The state's QuickStart announcement notes that local registered agent providers in Concord offer the in-person expedite and can advance the fee. That makes a Concord agent useful on both counts.

Agent choice and the annual report

The annual report restates the registered office and agent. Check the entry each January. An agent who changed without a filing makes the report wrong the day it is filed.

What we do

We can act as your New Hampshire resident agent and office, covered for the opening year, with renewal pricing at checkout. Either way, the agent must be in place before the filing is submitted.

When to review the agent

Review the agent whenever the LLC's contact details change, and each January before the report.

Replacing a New Hampshire registered agent

  1. Select the new agent

    A resident or authorized entity with a street address.

  2. Get agreement

    The new agent accepts the role.

  3. Complete Form 10

    Current and new office, current and new agent.

  4. Pay the fee

    $15 to the Secretary of State.

  5. Update the report

    The next annual report restates the agent.

Agent questions

Must my agent live in New Hampshire?

Yes. An agent address elsewhere stops the application.

Can the LLC itself be the agent?

Only an entity authorized in New Hampshire with an office here.

What does a change cost?

$15 on Form 10.

What if I have no agent for two months?

That is a ground for revoking the registration.

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Our fee and the New Hampshire fee

File Form FLLC-1 for my LLC

  • Form FLLC-1 completed from your answers, all seven articles
  • The good standing statement in article seventh explained before you sign
  • A New Hampshire resident agent and office from us, or your own choice
  • The accepted registration returned to you
  • Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
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New Hampshire

$199

+ $100 state fee

Form FLLC-1 carries a state fee of $100, and a card payment online adds a $2 handling charge. Our price is a separate line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

  1. New Hampshire Secretary of State, LLC forms and fees
  2. New Hampshire Form FLLC-1, foreign LLC registration, and its instructions
  3. New Hampshire QuickStart, annual report and annual fee schedule
  4. New Hampshire Secretary of State, domestic and foreign corporation forms and fees
  5. New Hampshire Secretary of State, nonprofit corporations and associations forms and fees
  6. RSA 304-C:177, names, registered office and agent
  7. RSA 304-C:184, procedure and effect of revocation
  8. RSA 304-C:183, grounds for revocation
  9. RSA 304-C:182, service on an unregistered foreign LLC
  10. New Hampshire QuickStart, announcements
  11. RSA 304-C:194, annual reports to the Secretary of State

Working in New Hampshire?

Register before the back fees start counting.

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