Why do you need a Resident Agent?

What is a Resident Agent and why does Nevada require that you have a Resident Agent? Every corporation, LLC, company etc must have a resident agent who resides or is located in this State. Every resident agent must have a street address for the service of process, and may have a separate mailing address such as a post office box, which may be different from the street address. The street address of the resident agent is the registered office of the corporation in this State.A Resident Agent is any person or company that resides or has an office in the State.

The primary reason for a Resident Agent is for the process of service on your behalf. By serving the Resident Agent the Corporation/LLC etc. are deemed to be served. They do this so that they do not need to go all over the world trying to serve companies.

The Nevada Revised Statues determine that all legal process and any demand or notice authorized by law to be served upon a corporation, llc, company etc. may be served upon the resident agent of the company in the manner provided by law. If any demand, notice or legal process, other than a summons and complaint, cannot be served upon the resident agent, it may be served in the manner provided by law. These manners and modes of service are in addition to any other service authorized by law.

To be served on your behalf the Resident Agent must be available. Many of the companies/individuals who offer Resident Agent service do so because they think that it is easy money and they can do this while still working at their current jobs and going on vacation with their families. If they are gone how can they receive service for you? Of course, since they are doing this part time they can offer you what you think is a much better deal for Resident Agent service. But is it really a better deal if they can't be served and your service ends up being published in a newspaper that you never see?

Of course we hope that you will never be served but if you are (and 1 out of 3 people will be dues) was it worth the few dollars you saved by not going with a company that does this professionally and full time. Our Resident Agent service is $80.00/yr and is probably right about the middle of the road when compared to our competitors. We are here full time 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday excluding Holidays. We are available for service and will notify you immediately if we are served on your behalf. At that time you can give us instructions to fax, email, mail, or overnight the service so that you can get to work on it immediately.